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Would you drink this?
Would you drink a mixture of acetaldehyde, ethyl acetate, acetone, acetic acid, and a few of the compounds known as hexenals, which give fresh-cut gr…
2 years, 3 months ago
Schools of fish are silent swimmers
Swimming in a school has a lot of benefits for fish, from social opportunities to avoiding predators to finding more food.
2 years, 3 months ago
Orangutans talk about the past
Researchers have heard orangutans make the noise after the danger has passed—a sign that they’re communicating about the past, and the first evidence…
2 years, 3 months ago
Making an egg-cellent cake
Craving dessert? Today’s episode considers some particularly sweet science: the importance of eggs for baking a cake.
2 years, 3 months ago
Giving a gull a break
It’s a tough world out there, so really, what’s a gull to do?
2 years, 3 months ago
It's not just the heat, it's the humidity
If the air temperature gets close to our body temperature, something more is needed to keep the skin cooler than the inner body. We sweat.
2 years, 3 months ago
Coprophagy keeps birds healthy
By human standards, some animals’ eating habits are strange, and even disgusting. One example is coprophagy—eating poop.
2 years, 3 months ago
How to see what soap does to water
Water molecules attract each other. The molecules at the surface of a body of water make a film under tension. That film is strong enough to support …
2 years, 3 months ago
Your friendly Amazonian slingshot spider
Researchers reported that they discovered a tiny spider in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest that has a behavior that’s surprisingly similar to the web…
2 years, 3 months ago
Reflecting on how others see you
One mirror is not enough to see yourself as others see you. When you look at a bathroom mirror you see an image of yourself with left and right rever…
2 years, 4 months ago