This young scientist studies wild animals. Bias against disability won’t stop her
Field biologist Charlotte Devitz is part of a trend: researchers expanding the boundaries of accessible science.
Why you should embrace your foot calluses
Unlike modern cushioned shoes, calluses both protect your feet and allow you to feel the ground you walk on.
Smartphones aren’t making millennials grow horns. Here’s how to spot a bad study
The “millennials are growing horns” study is flawed, and its journal has launched an internal review. Can you spot the study's six major problems?…
300 million years ago, our ancestors walked tall. This robot shows you how
The fictional Sherlock Holmes could read footprints — in soil, snow, carpet, dust and even blood. Researchers today are similarly using tracks caught in stone — plus a robot — to recreate a creature that lived 300 million years ago.
By drawing comparisons between sea slugs and Ziggy Stardust, the Bowiebranchia blog exposes the wild, beautiful and competitive evolution of both.
As more humans move into concrete jungles, other animals, like túngara frogs, are joining them — and adjusting their behaviors along the way.
Two scientists drugged some cephalopods and were surprised to find that their reactions to MDMA were similar to those of humans, despite massive evolutionary differences.
A new ancient DNA study reports the first known person to have had parents of two different species.
Three new studies rewrite the timeline on early human innovation and long-distance trade.
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