Australian Meat Ants Enjoy Cane Toads à la Cat Food
Biologists use cat food to recruit omnivorous ants in their battle against invasive cane toads
How Much Faster Can We Run?
Records show that we’re getting faster, but does the human body have a natural speed limit? And if a biological law exists, how long until people try to break it?
Amateur Birders Become Scientists Online
Fledgling birding project is the next generation in citizen science
Run, Don’t Walk from… the Slime Mold?
Recent research on slime molds shows that they can make complex decisions about nutrition
The Immortal Woman Who Science Stole and History Tried to Forget
Rebecca Skloot’s new book reveals untold truths about one of medical science’s most important tools
What Makes Snot Turn Green?
We all do it, one time or another. You blow your nose for what must be the hundredth time that day. Before you throw out the tissue, you take a surreptitious glance inside. Rather than the usual clear or slight yellow, you see something different. Something green. Suddenly, your snot resembles the color palette of [...]
