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Greater wax moths have evolved the ability to hear sounds at frequencies even their predators can't detect.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Fluoride protects teeth in surprising ways.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Seabirds and their eggs help scientists track global pollution.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Our eyes’ ability to detect color deteriorates with age, but our brains compensate.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Why itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny backpacks may be the key to understanding how animals capture prey.
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 03:43
Unborn baby sharks gobble up their brothers and sisters in the womb.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Electrical stimulation to the brain can improve math performance.
- Added: May 16, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Vervet monkeys usually adopt the food preferences of whatever social group they join.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Humans were polluting the air with lead as far back as 3,900 years ago.
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Every year, in a decades-old tradition, student drinking societies descend on Jesus Green in the heart of the English University city of Cambridge ...
- Added: May 07, 2013
- Length: 14:56
Climate change could make snowshoe hare camouflage less protective.
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Researchers are using extremely cold temperatures to treat pain and cancer.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
“Nanosponges” in the bloodstream could mop up toxins from bacteria, bees, or snakes.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Playing soundwaves synchronized with a person's own deep sleep rhythms may improve short-term memory.
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 02:00
Olympic-level athletes have some enhanced cognitive abilities.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Each carnivorous pitcher plant contains a unique food web, depending on what falls in.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Energy drinks and red meat contain carnitine, a substance that promotes heart disease with the help of gut bacteria.
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Despite its reputation, cholesterol may be useful for treating several medical conditions.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
New research suggests that young children understand the concept of fairness, but desire gets in the way of sharing.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Inspired by animals, researchers have created robots that can traverse sand.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mysterious “fairy circles” on African plains are caused by termites, which destroy patches of grass but help the surrounding grass thrive.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Using frozen DNA, researchers have created early-stage embryos of an extinct frog.
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Researchers have developed an implantable blood testing sensor that can monitor blood glucose levels and chemotherapy drugs, among other things.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Mummies from a variety of different cultures show signs of heart disease.
- Added: Apr 02, 2013
- Length: 01:00
Just one week of sleep deprivation alters the expression of at least 711 different genes.
- Added: Mar 23, 2013
- Length: 01:00
