Disappearing Bananas
Two fungal diseases threaten the health of banana crops worldwide.
Lyme Disease Risk
Lyme disease is spread to ticks by white-footed mice, which thrive in deforested areas
Mona Lisa’s Smile
The painting's smile seems to change depending on where you look, because of the neurobiology of the eye.
Weight Loss Roundup
Just a little daily exercise can prevent weight gain, eating more protein helps dieters, and obesity should not be seen as a personal failing.
Patterned Ground
The cycle of freezing and thawing of soil arranges rocks in the Arctic into neat patterns.
Driving Side
Is it safer to drive on the left or the right side? (It doesn't matter.)
Guy Bashing
Boy babies complicate deliveries, dads don't babytalk as well as moms, and men tend to blame outside forces for their failures.
Our Moon
Why doesn't our moon have a name? (It does: Luna. But we use the Germanic name, Moon.)
Work or Warmth
Genes influence whether mitochondria burn calories for work or for warmth.
Rabbit Fever
Can you get rabbit fever from eating rabbits? (Yes, you can get tularemia.)
Finding Diamonds
Measuring the earth's gravity from an airplane can pinpoint diamond mines.
Nature’s Remedies
Drugs from sea sponges, wound-healing oxygen and a sunscreen made from white tea extract
Eco-Friendly Rocket Fuel
An environmentally nontoxic rocket fuel made from candle wax (paraffin).
Genes and Geography
A person's ancestry can be tracked by looking at their DNA
Chomping on Metal
Why is it that when you bite into tinfoil or metal, it's an amazing, painful shock that goes through your whole system? (if you have metal dental …
Ultrasound Bug Killer
Reconfiguring ultrasound to pass through air -- it can kill anthrax spores in an envelope
Tiny Tech Roundup
Heart monitor that calls the doctor, disposable mics for rescue, memory metals motor
Wind Chill-Heat Index
Exactly what is this formula that they never tell us on the news for the wind chill factor and the heat index? (too long to say, wind chill: temp …
Allergen-Free Shrimp
Genetically modifying foods, like shrimp, to remove the allergens
Genetic Enhancement
Genetic enhancement can help cure disease, but could also improve athletic performance
Carbon Cloisters
Storing carbon dioxide underground could help environment -- removing CO2 and recovering natural gas