Humans

  1. Tech

    Therapeutic robots may soon swim within the body

    Scientists are designing tiny robots that may one day do work inside the human body.

    By Lindsey Konkel Neabore
  2. Brain

    Tongues ‘taste’ water by sensing sour

    Water doesn’t taste like much, but our tongues need to detect it somehow. They may do it by sensing acid, a new study shows.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  3. Archaeology

    DNA from African mummies tie these folk to Middle Easterners

    Ancient DNA extracted from 90 Egyptian mummies reveals genetic links to Greece and the Middle East.

    By Helen Thompson
  4. Psychology

    Think you’re not biased? Think again

    Everyone holds some unconscious bias about certain social groups, even when they don’t mean to. Scientists are learning how people can fight such implicit biases.

    By Alison Pearce Stevens
  5. Health & Medicine

    Your gut’s germs may decide whether white bread or whole wheat is best — for you

    Surprise! Gut microbes may determine how your body responds to starches in the diet.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  6. Animals

    Orangs nurse young for more than eight years!

    Orangutan moms and babies have been tricky to study in the wild, so researchers used dental tests to reveal a record setting nursing period.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Physics

    Scientists Say: Acoustic

    Acoustic is an adjective used to describe something involving sound. It’s also a noun that refers to the branch of physics that studies sound.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  8. Animals

    Popular pesticide may harm bee flight

    In a lab experiment, honeybees flew sluggishly after eating pesticide-tainted food.

    By Lindsey Konkel Neabore
  9. Archaeology

    European fossils may belong to earliest known hominid

    New fossils suggest that the earliest non-ape human ancestors may have evolved in Europe, not Africa.

    By Bruce Bower
  10. Animals

    How a flamingo balances on one leg

    Flamingos are so good at balancing on just one leg that they can snooze that way with little effort.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Fossils

    Study claims to have found oldest human fossils

    Humans, as a species, may be much older than previously thought. They also may have evolved further North and West of the suspected cradle of human evolution.

    By Bruce Bower
  12. Chemistry

    To test pill coatings, try a stomach in a flask

    Which pain reliever should you buy? The tablet, gel tab or compressed caplet? A teen did an experiment to find out.

    By Bethany Brookshire
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