Rat Casinos
Miniature “casinos” built specially for rats are helping researchers understand gambling addiction …
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Pet Obesity
The obesity epidemic extends to pets, but studying them could help us as well.
Bat Detective
Researchers have created a citizen science website called Bat Detective to get the public involved …
Zoobiquity
The Zoobiquity project teams up physicians with veterinarians to study diseases that affect humans …
Cheating Fairywrens
Female fairy wrens are more likely to cheat with males that have red plumage.
Elephants Understand Pointing
Elephants, unlike mammals much more similar to us, seem to instinctively understand pointing …
Tracking Fastballs
To hit a fastball, a batter's brain has to predict when it'll come across the plate.
Changing Foliage
Climate change may affect fall foliage in many different ways.
Smartphone Microscope
A new attachment turns a smartphone into a powerful microscope.
Cell Phone Medicine Update
Using mobile phones for medical purposes, a new frontier when we reported on it in 2008, has become …
Personal Experiments
A researcher is promoting “personal experiments” that make self-care more scientific.