Why Are Whales So Dang Big? Science May Finally Have an Answer
Baleen whales probably only grew colossal some 3 million years ago, and it was probably climate change that triggered the transformation.
Want to Save the Trees? Unleash the Fungus!
Want to Save the Trees? Unleash the Fungus!
Where logging and burning and farming have leveled forests and sapped the soil of nutrients, scientists are shrooming in the most sober sense of the word.
The Little Robot That Taught the Big Robot a Thing or Two
The Little Robot That Taught the Big Robot a Thing or Two
New research out today from MIT takes a big step toward making seamless transfers of knowledge between robots a reality.
Scientists Want You to Give Them Money to Study Psychedelics
Scientists Want You to Give Them Money to Study Psychedelics
A $2 million crowdfunding campaign will finance an ambitious series of studies—designed under the watchful eye of the FDA—into psychedelics as treatment.
The Fascinating Evolution of the World’s Most Charming Skunk
The Fascinating Evolution of the World’s Most Charming Skunk
The two-pound terror has evolved into three genetically distinct groups, called clades, in an intriguing way.
Astrobee: The Adorable Little Robot That’ll Soon Jet Around the ISS
