How Are You Decompressing From This Hell Week?
This was quite a week, huh? For survivors of sexual assault, especially, know that you’re not alone, that people are working hard to help...
Moths Caught Drinking Tears From the Eyes of Sleeping Birds
In an oddly poetic act, moths will on occasion drink the tears from the eyes of a sleeping bird. Sounds harmless, but this rare...
How Sacred Ibis mummies provided the first test of evolution
A debate over mummified birds brought to France after Napoleon's conquest of Egypt played a central role in delaying acceptance of evolutionary theory; an...
Steelhead life cycle linked to environment, pink salmon abundance
A new study has found that steelhead trout have a remarkable life-cycle variation that responds to changes in temperature and numbers of other species...
Why a Tennis Ball Goes Flying When Bounced on a Basketball
When you bounce a tennis ball off a moving basketball, the tennis ball goes careening off at high speed. Here's why that happens.
Award-Winning Microscopic Video of Growing Zebrafish Embryos Is Mesmerizing
A glowing, branching web slowly grows more and more tiny connections, with thin white tendrils reaching in to a black void. It looks like...
Children Who Get Less Screen Time Think Better, Study Finds
Keeping your kid’s mind sharp might involve making sure they don’t spend all day on their smartphone or other screen devices, suggests yet more...
A Parent’s Guide to Teaching Kids About Consent
This week, we’ve read story after wrenching story of sexual assault. We’ve heard the old excuse “boys will be boys.” We’ve seen inexcusable behavior...
The Good Place’s Season 3 Premiere Has a New Student: The Audience
NBC’s The Good Place is a show that enjoys a good challenge. After all, it spent a whole episode dissecting The Trolley Problem—it doesn’t...
The cart before the horse: A new model of cause and effect
Natural little scientists, human babies love letting go of things and watching them fall. Baby's first experiment teaches them about more than the force...
