When Birds Drink Too Much
In case you think a few drinks makes your singing better, it doesn’t—and the same goes for drunk birds.
A Universe Where Time Runs Backwards
Running out of time? Not in a universe where time runs backwards.
Kepler: The Little Telescope That Could
A year after a potentially fatal setback, a rejuvenated Kepler telescope discovered the first exoplanet (outside the solar system) of its new mission.
Hidden Ecosystems Under Arctic Ice Reveal Themselves
Thanks to remotely operated vehicles scientists are able to peek at one of the coldest, darkest environments of all: ecosystems deep underneath arctic ice.
Can Soil Microbes Help End World Hunger?
Bacteria and genetic research - including soil microbes - may fuel the future of agriculture
Mimics of the Animal Kingdom
Art Imitates Life? Try Bird Imitates Caterpillar. Animals that mimic to survive
Where Does Lost Weight Go? Into Thin Air.
If your resolution is to lose weight this year, have you thought about where exactly that lost fat goes?
Where is Water From? Probably Not Comets
A recently completed analysis of comet 67P/C-G by the Rosetta Space Craft has effectively ruled out comets as the primary source of Earth’s water.
An Algae Farm for Cleaner Highways
A design firm has come up with an answer to highway pollution, running tubes of photosynthetic algae to absorb CO2 pollution from traffic.
Overhunting Can Kill Forests, Too
Researchers in Thailand have discovered that overhunting in tropical forests doesn’t just kill animals, it kills also trees.