Life

  1. Brain

    Scientists Say: Addiction

    Recovering from addiction is hard but possible. Encouragement of loved ones can improve a person’s chances of overcoming this disease.

    By Katie Grace Carpenter
  2. Fossils

    This ancient bird rocked a head like a T. rex

    This bird from 120 million years ago had a head like a dinosaur and a body more like today’s birds.

    By Aaron Tremper
  3. Fossils

    Ancient jellyfish? Upside down this one looks like something else

    A new look at an ancient sea animal called Essexella suggests it may have been a type of burrowing sea anemone, not a floating jelly.

    By Meghan Rosen
  4. Tech

    A device spots and counts honeybees hosting a dangerous parasite

    At Regeneron ISEF, three teens debuted an infrared system to detect honeybees carrying mites. It can show beekeepers when a colony needs to be treated.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  5. Brain

    Scientists Say: Connectome

    A connectome is a diagram of the cellular highways that carry information in the brain.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  6. Environment

    Making yards more diverse can reap big environmental benefits

    Replacing grass with native plants uses less water and fewer chemicals while providing additional benefits to people and wildlife.

    By Alison Pearce Stevens
  7. Animals

    Rats can bop their heads to a musical beat

    Rats’ rhythmic response to human music doesn’t mean they like to dance. But it may shed light on how brains evolved to perceive rhythm.

    By Deborah Balthazar
  8. Ecosystems

    Scientists Say: Food web

    All the species in an ecosystem and the feeding relationships between them get summed up with this handy picture.

    By Katie Grace Carpenter
  9. Brain

    Scientists mapped every nerve cell in this insect brain

    Researchers have built a “connectivity map” of all the nerve cells in the larval fruit fly brain and how they link together.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  10. Health & Medicine

    Humans might be able to hibernate during space travel

    Scientists are studying how animals hibernate and developing new technologies to help humans sleep through space travel.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  11. Brain

    Let’s learn about the science of language

    The languages we speak may help shape how we see, smell and hear the world around us.

    By Maria Temming
  12. Plants

    Analyze This: Plants sound off when they’re in trouble

    When dry or cut, tomato and tobacco plants make sounds too high for humans to hear. Such sounds could provide a way to snoop on crops.

    By Carolyn Wilke
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