
A Remote-Controlled Carnivorous Plant?
Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.
Researchers design an artificial neuron that can trigger closure of a Venus flytrap.
Appointing women to leadership positions renders organizations more likely to describe all women as being powerful, persistent and bold.
Bacteria resistant to methicillin emerged in hedgehogs long before the drug was prescribed to treat infections.
For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis.
A glitch in speech initiation gives rise to the repetition that characterizes stuttering.
Science—and experience—show that we most definitely see faces in inanimate objects. But new research finds that, more often than not, we perceive those illusory faces as male...
Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that arose as folk songs evolved
What shape do you see when you hear “ bouba ”? What about “ kiki ”? It turns out that nonsense words that evoke certain shapes have something to say about the origins of language...
You might not think that you can generate more body acceleration than a big-league baseball pitcher, but new research shows you can.
A new study finds that, for robots, overlords are less persuasive than peers.
You read that right. Researchers have taken the chemical defenses of some insects and turned them into sounds, which, it turns out, repel people just as well.
New research using a camera that can “see" sound” shows some elephants can produce high-pitched buzzing with their lips.
New research uses night vision to see how nocturnal bees navigate the dark.
New research shows that the prehistoric giants were even cooler than we thought
One researcher’s poorly timed attention lapse flipped a car—and pushed science forward.
The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, woolly mammoths roamed the earth.
New research finds they fly around on noise-cancelling wings
New research shows that lightning-quick neural rehearsal can supercharge learning and memory.
Human children: please take note of the behavior of prebirth zebra finches
Researchers in the happiest lab in the world tested 375 pups and found they connected with people by eight weeks
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