The Medical Wonders Of Worm Spit
David Kaplan explains how bioengineers at Tufts University craft silk into a myriad of medical materials.
Flash of the Disco Clam
Reminiscent of the flashy dance halls and shag carpets of the ’70s, the disco clam flaunts frilly tentacles and its very own light show.
The Pot-Stirrer: Teaching Evolution In The South
Amanda Glaze studies the perceptions of evolution and their religious and societal influences in the American Southeast.
Forecasting the Meltdown
NASA has developed the Airborne Snow Observatory, a program that uses specialized instrumentation to carefully measure the water content.
Babies On The Brink
A series of rigorous (and adorable) experiments shatters the myth that babies learn to fear heights as they learn to crawl.
Easy Hard Eggs
Jeff Potter, author of “Cooking for Geeks,” explains how steaming eggs, even massive ostrich eggs, makes them easier to peel.
Dawn of the Cyborg Bacteria
In a basement laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania, two robotocists have harnessed the sensing, swimming, and swarming abilities of bacteria to power microscopic robots.
Is Pedigree What It’s Cracked Up To Be?
Data distilled 80,000 individual dog profiles revealed that outside of the show ring, there’s a lot of behavioral variation within any given breed.
Face Time
We can make split-second judgments about someone’s personality and character without even consciously seeing their face.