Mole Rats and War
This story is about a creature with a head like a furry shovel, and a body about the size of a sneaker. By rodent standards, the sandy blind mole rat is huge. But it’s special for another reason too. ...
21 Jan 45min
Borrowed vision
People who suffer from retinitis pigmentosa lose their vision as the light-sensitive cells in their eyes start to break down. But what if they could be implanted with light-sensitive cells taken from ...
7 Jan 31min
Your Brain on Holidays
Caution! The holiday season is upon us. Terrible holiday jingles blast out of every speaker and get stuck in your head, there’s so much to do before the end of the year, and then we’ll be stress-eatin...
24 Des 202535min
Russian Flu aka American Fever
In the late 19th century, a deadly illness spread across Asia and into Europe, infecting millions, and prompting what may have been the world’s first “infodemic” — with news (and rumors) about the inf...
10 Des 202525min
To Teach and Die for Ukraine: The Story of Yulia Zdanovska
Ukraine is a country that produces a lot of talented math and programming students, and Yuliya Zdanovska was among the most promising. But it was the choices she made about how to live her life that r...
27 Nov 202546min
The Friendliest and the Most Ruthless Species on the Planet
There are few noises as guaranteed to chill the blood as that of a group of chimpanzees attacking another group of chimps. Wild chimps are notoriously savage. But they are also our closest relatives. ...
29 Okt 202551min
How Feminism Helps to Understand Elephants
Humans have been fascinated by elephants since forever. But until a few decades ago, we didn’t know the most basic things about them, like how they choose a mate, or how their society is organized. In...
15 Okt 202536min
