Fun and Games with Neuroscience
Brain Games turns human behavior into pop television entertainment. ...read more
Category: Discover Magazine
Oldest Known Scorpion May Have Been First To Explore Land
Fossils of Parioscorpio venator, 437 million years old, include internal anatomy. ...read more
Can Gut Bacteria Pass Diseases Like Alzheimer’s and Diabetes Among People? A Theory Says It Might Be Possible
If microbes influence our health, and if we share bacteria with the people around us, then we might be influencing whether or not they get Type II diabetes, heart disease or other conditions. ...read more
With Help from Pigeon Feathers, This Robot Takes to the Sky
The PigeonBot could help improve wing design, and may advance understanding of avian evolution. ...read more
Researchers Find New High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources in the Galaxy
The finding may help physicists better understand where cosmic rays — energetic particles that permeate the universe — come from. ...read more
Can Wolves Play Fetch? Yes, But Researchers Don’t Know Why
Wolf pups retrieved balls for humans in a new study — but questions remain as to why this behavior exists. ...read more
2019 Enters the Record Books as Second Warmest Year
Everywhere scientists look, from the surface of the land to deep in the oceans, the long-term trend of global warming is unequivocal — as is the cause: us. ...read more
A Second Planet Was Found by Closest Star to the Sun
Located just 4.2 light-years away, the star Proxima Centauri now has both an Earth-like world in its habitable zone and a more distant super-Earth. ...read more
Why Are There Seven Days in a Week?
We can thank the Babylonians for our seven-day week. ...read more
New Study Says Essential Tremor Is Caused By Overactive Brain Waves
Scientists say abnormal brain wave activity is behind essential tremor, a movement disorder that causes involuntary trembling. ...read more