Fish Stories Roundup
Genome of the pufferfish, estrogens in water, and shark liver weight loss drug
Stroke Bacteria
The bacterium that causes stomach ulcers also appears to put people at risk for strokes.
Water Sentinel
Algae that live in water reservoirs can serve as biosensors for bioterrorist attacks.
Tech Roundup
Water-cooled microchips, a million-dollar robot race challenge, and conductive fibers
Tadpole Shape Shifters
Mallorcan midwife toad tadpoles change their shape in the presence of snakes.
Carbon Dioxide Cooling
Car air conditioners that use carbon dioxide instead of HFCs are under development.
Biodegradable Glass
Glass beads used for treating cancer and arthritis can also be used to repair bone fractures.
Baseball, Fish and Lazybones
Baseball mathematicians to improve line-ups, fish testosterone, and couch potatoes damage their health
Cold Animals
How do warm-weather animals survive cold weather zoos? (some adapt, and most are allowed to choose to go to the heated indoors)
Cancer Spread
A protein that's crucial to the immune system also helps cancer spread through the body.
Lightning, Snakes and Wasps
Lightning prefers cities, finicky snakes and wasps prefer flowers
Contrails and Climate
Jet contrails act like clouds in the atmosphere, changing climate
Seafloor Energy
Making a fuel cell that's powered by ocean sediment and seawater
Bird Nests
How come birds keep coming back to the same spot to try and build a nest, even though I keep undoing a day's work?Ó (instinct hard-wired into …
Cavity-Fighting Bacteria
Bacteria used to ferment milk can also prevent harmful bacteria from sticking around inside the body
Storms, Beer and Blood
Predicting tropical cyclones, a powder that stops bleeding, and freeze-dried beer flavoring.
Wildfire Warnings
A new system analyzes weather satellite data to spot wildfires as small as one acre in size.
Caffeine Pesticide
Caffeine can act as a pesticide to frogs, snails, and slugs.