News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Botox could be used to fight snakebite

    A study on rabbits dosed with viper venom suggests that botulinum toxin may alleviate some effects of snakebite, possibly by dampening inflammation.

    By Jake Buehler
  2. Physics

    Queen bumblebees are poor foragers thanks to sparse tongue hair

    The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Plants

    In a new kind of plant trickery, this yam fools birds with fake berries

    Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without seeds or sexual reproduction.