1,308 results
- Health & Medicine
Little Mind Benders
Parasites that sneak into the brain may alter your behavior and health.
- Life
Don’t trust any elephant under 60
Herds with older leaders are more attuned to danger, a study finds.
-
Lopped Off
Removal of top predators trickles through the food web.
-
- Life
Pigeons rival primates in number task
Trained on one-two-three, the birds can apply the rule of numerical order to such lofty figures as five and nine.
- Life
Your gut microbes are what you eat
A mammal's diet strongly influences what kinds of microorganisms live in its intestines.
-
Mixed Results
Having the right blend of animal personalities can make or break a group
- Tech
When Networks Network
Once studied solo, systems display surprising behavior when they interact.
- Tech
Hooking fish, not endangered turtles
A tuna fisherman has taken it upon himself to make the seas safer for sea turtles, animals that are threatened or endangered with extinction worldwide. He’s designed a new hook that he says will make bait unavailable to marine birds and turtles until long after it’s sunk well below the range where these animals venture to eat.
- Humans
Despite lean times, Obama wants R&D hikes
The proposed federal budget would stall nonmandated spending overall, but science and tech would climb.
- Animals
Furry Friends Forever
Humans aren’t the only animals who benefit from having someone to count on.
-
Big Fishing Yields Small Fish
Researchers map predator loss and predict unstable oceans.
