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 Dec 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 Dec 202525min
The Neanderthals’ Last Gift
The world is quickly running out of effective antibiotics to treat fast-evolving bacteria. Even routine dental work or knee replacements could soon result in many more deadly infections because of dru...
12 Nov 202521min
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
