Sleepy Roundup
Researchers think they’re found the cause of hypersomnia, a condition which causes people to feel constantly sedated.
Coral SOS Signals
Seaweed-covered corals emit a chemical that entices goby fish to clean them.
Owning Genes
In an upcoming case, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether diagnostic genes for breast cancer can be patented.
Anti-Cheating Hormone
The hormone oxytocin has many functions in the human body. Scientists now think it may also help deter cheating.
Snake Venom Painkiller
Scientists have isolated a potent painkiller from the venom of the deadly black mamba snake.
Paleotempestology Roundup
The new science of paleotempestology studies ocean sediment to uncover ancient hurricanes.
Lupus vs. Cancer
Lupus antibodies may become an unlikely ally against cancer.
Stingy Kids
Children, like adults, act more generous when they’re being watched.
Listening to Football Helmets
Measuring the acoustical signatures of colliding football helmets could help improve helmet safety.
Digitizing Ancient Texts
Sophisticated computer imaging may help decode the world's oldest un-deciphered written language.
Autism Roundup
The incidence of autism has increased in recent years, and so have efforts to identify and treat it earlier.
Painful Math Anxiety
Areas of the brain normally associated with physical pain are activated when people with math anxiety think about doing math.
Second-Generation Smoking
Smoking while pregnant may cause DNA damage not just to the developing baby, but to that baby's future children.
Eyes vs. Faces
Monsters from the role playing game “Dungeons & Dragons” help reveal what’s most important to us.
Butterfly Migration Radar
Radar data, along with highly coordinated observations, has solved a disappearing-butterfly mystery.
Evolution Roundup
Evidence suggests that an ancestor of modern humans both walked upright and climbed trees.
Dung Beetle Cooling
Dung beetles use balls of fecal matter not only for food and reproduction, but for cooling as well.
Forgetting Bad Memories
The brain has two very different mechanisms for erasing bad memories.
UV Disinfectant
Short-wave ultraviolet radiation can clear dangerous germs from hospital rooms.
Komodo Dragon Housework
Housework may be killing female Komodo dragons at an early age.
Electronic Senses Roundup
An electronic nose can sniff out sleep apnea.
Marshmallows Revisited
Children in the classic “Stanford Marshmallow Study” may have been more strategic than we thought.
Seeing Inside Fukushima
Cosmic rays called muons could help detect uranium in damaged Japanese nuclear reactors.