Jul 19 WATCH: Bees' buzz unlocks secret stash of pollen By Lisa Marie Potter and Joshua Cassidy, KQED Only bees that buzz in just the right way can release tiny grains of pollen from a flower. Continue reading
Jul 18 What NASA could teach Tesla about the limits of autopilot By John Pavlus, Scientific American Decades of research have already warned about the human attention span in automated cockpits. Continue reading
Jul 15 First female-to-male sexual transmission of Zika reported in New York City By Nsikan Akpan A New York City resident has become the first woman suspected of transmitting Zika virus to a sexual partner. Continue reading
Jul 14 Pokémon GO uses augmented reality -- or does it? By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Pokémon GO’s pocket monsters may be taking over the world—but they’re not quite part of it yet, a tech pioneer insists… Continue reading
Jul 14 Ducklings make way for abstract thought, Oxford study finds By Nsikan Akpan An Oxford study uses pairs of swinging objects to determine that ducklings have abstract thoughts. Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 8:54 Medical marijuana research comes out of the shadows By PBS News Hour It was an unprecedented meeting of the minds and it happened at Harvard Medical School. The subject of April’s confab? Medical cannabis. Researchers suspect cannabis can do so many things, from fighting cancer to easing concussions and Crohn’s disease. There… Continue watching
Jul 13 New underwater microscope films kissing and fighting corals like never before By Leigh Anne Tiffany We can now get up close and personal with corals, watching how they kiss and fight, thanks to a new high-tech microscope. Continue reading
Jul 13 Culture, not biology, decides the difference between music and noise By Lora Strum A new study shows only cultures previously exposed to western music form opinions on consonance and dissonance, an element of music theory that establishes consonant chords as more aurally pleasing… Continue reading
Jul 12 You can see Florida's state-of-emergency level algae bloom from space By Eugene Mason An algae bloom in southeast Florida has grown so large it's visible from space. A NASA satellite snapped an image of the algal bloom in early May as it festered across 33 square miles in Lake Okeechobee, which… Continue reading
Jul 11 The End of AIDS? By Megan Crigger, William Brangham, Jason Kane It's a bold mission by any standard: to end the AIDS epidemic. But the tools are there, say officials of the joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS. Here's what the UNAIDS plan, known as "90-90-90," looks like. Continue reading