Gender & STEM Achievement
Girls get slightly higher grades in science and math worldwide than boys, but fewer enter STEM professions.
Mountain Legacy Project
Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
Parents, Kids & Math
An educational app helps parents with math anxiety help their kids excel in the subject.
Babylonian Astronomers
Scientists uncover the lost astronomical calculations of the Babylonians.
Parents, Kids & Math
An educational app helps parents with math anxiety help their kids excel in the subject.
Counting Crows
Crows display impressive math prowess, using brain regions entirely different from those of mammals.
Mountain Legacy Project
Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
Odor Discrimination
The human nose may be capable of distinguishing one trillion unique odors.
Kidney Donation Math
Computer matching can make more donated kidneys available to those who need them.
Detecting Fish
An image processing algorithm helps find fish in a sea of data.
Mountain Legacy Project
Scientists are using the science of computer vision to document climate change in the Rocky Mountains.
Math & Music History
Compositions from different periods in music history have different mathematical properties.
Precise Negotiations
Using precise numbers may give you an advantage in negotiations.
Numeral Hotspot
Scientists have discovered the area of the brain dedicated to recognizing numerals.
Carnivorous Plant Food Webs
Each carnivorous pitcher plant contains a unique food web, depending on what falls in.
The DNA Eaters
A group of microscopic animals get 10% of their active genes by eating the DNA of other species.
Podcast for 30 November 2012
CHILD DEVELOPMENT - Are kids naturally stingy? Why children's self-control could depend on the adults around them. And why math anxiety "hurts". Also: What monsters from Dungeons & Dragons can tell us about the importance of eyes.
Painful Math Anxiety
Areas of the brain normally associated with physical pain are activated when people with math anxiety think about doing math.
When More is Less
New research suggests that we’re prone to think a package deal is a better value if quantity is listed before price.
Wide Angle Mirror
A mathematician has designed a wide-angle driver's side mirror that doesn't distort shapes.
Podcast for 16 March 2012
SCIENCE OF SOCIETY - Do wealthier people tend to have fewer scruples? The social costs of mass incarceration. Seeing-eye smartphones for the blind. And, new evidence calls an accepted tenet of science into question. Also: how to make plastic from plants.
Counting Pigeons
New research suggests that pigeons, like monkeys, can count.
Posture & Numbers
People tend to underestimate numbers when they lean to the left, and overestimate them when they lean to the right.