Category — Science

Orangutan iPads

Orangutans at Miami Zoo Use iPads to Communicate.

May 10, 2012 Comments

Parrots

When birds mimic human speech, do they know what they’re saying?

May 10, 2012 Comments

Internet Brains

Does the internet rewire your brain?

May 9, 2012 Comments

Mind Data

How many megabytes of data can the human mind hold?

May 7, 2012 Comments

Dopamine Discovery

Slacker or go-getter? Brain chemical may tell.

May 4, 2012 Comments

Martian Spacesuit

Watch a spacesuit that’s currently simulating a mission to Mars in Austrian ice caves.

May 3, 2012 Comments

Renaissance Scientist

Leonardo da Vinci show reveals anatomy of a genius.

May 2, 2012 Comments

Jupiter-Bound Legos

Lego figures to Jupiter project is an attempt to inspire children to be interested in science, math, engineering and technology.

April 30, 2012 Comments

Intelligence Gene

Tiny gene change affects brain size, IQ: scientists.

April 18, 2012 Comments

Nice Genes

DNA may determine how nice you are.

April 16, 2012 Comments

Spirits in the Sky

A malt whisky has been blasted into space to see how it matures under zero gravity.

April 11, 2012 Comments

Whale Barf

Scientists find alternative to whale barf for perfume.

April 9, 2012 Comments

Sleepless Cities

See the cities that never sleep from space.

April 5, 2012 Comments

Mind-Brain Gap

Looking at your own brain is a humbling and slightly unnerving experience.

April 4, 2012 Comments

Dolphin Networks

Male dolphins don’t live in tribes, but they form complex alliances with each other.

April 2, 2012 Comments

Magicians & Scientists

Why magicians are a scientist’s best friends.

March 29, 2012 Comments

Corner Camera

‘See-around-a-corner’ camera prototype unveiled.

March 22, 2012 Comments

Equality Pill?

Now, a pill to soften racial bias.

March 13, 2012 Comments

Nasa Birds

Nasa astronaut launches Angry Birds in space.

March 12, 2012 Comments

Lego Shuttle

A Lego space shuttle has flown almost to the edge of space – with help from a huge helium balloon.

March 9, 2012 Comments

Hired Hives

California’s almond crop owes its vitality to 48 billion buzzing helpers: rented honeybees from across the U.S.

March 6, 2012 Comments

Twisted Waves

‘Twisted’ waves could boost capacity of wi-fi and TV.

March 5, 2012 Comments

Gambler’s Brain

Brain study finds what eases pain of financial loss.

February 22, 2012 Comments

Memory Technology

How will life change if we can’t forget anything?

February 20, 2012 Comments

Ponytail Prediction

Physicists have come up with an equation that explains and predicts the shape of a ponytail.

February 15, 2012 Comments

Cat-astrophe

Experts say that if all the world’s cats suddenly died, things would quickly go to hell in a handbasket.

February 8, 2012 Comments

Sound Step

Scientists decode how the brain hears words.

February 7, 2012 Comments

Brain Voices

Researchers have demonstrated a striking method to reconstruct words, based on the brain waves of patients thinking of those words.

February 6, 2012 Comments

Neurobiology of Integrity

Dearly held values truly are sacred, and not merely cost-benefit analyses masquerading as nobel intent.

January 30, 2012 Comments

Irisin Key

A new hormone revs up the body’s fat-burning engine.

January 17, 2012 Comments