How Animals Keep Their Cool
From horses to humans, here’s how animals have evolved to beat the heat.
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What Microbes Are Hiding In Your Home?
From slime in your shower head to fungi in your drywall, there’s no escaping the microbiome of the great indoors.
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Oh, Really? How Our Brain Turns Pitch Into Meaning
Researchers mapped the neurons that pick up on pitch in spoken language.
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Inevitable Or Accident? Tackling The Big Questions Of Evolution
Modern evolutionary science has some advantages Darwin didn’t. Here’s what we’re learning from DNA, experimentation, and more.
The Science Conducted Under The Darkness Of The Total Eclipse
Scientists have been spending years preparing experiments for two minutes of darkness. Here’s what they’ll be observing.
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How To Make Spoof-Proof Biometric Security
Fingerprint scanners are standard on new smartphones, and new ID methods are coming. But security researchers say biometrics are still too easily duped.
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Panting, Perspiration, And Puddles
How humans and other animals have evolved to beat the heat.
How To Film A Polar Bear
As Science Friday’s Luke Groskin says, it starts with a terrifying helicopter ride.
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Bird Grammar, Foxes And Ticks, And Animal Royalties
Scientists have found grammar rules matter when it comes to bird calls.