Legend of the Killer Storks (And Other Monsters)

Legend of the Killer Storks (And Other Monsters)

Brian Switek at Wired writes: Fossil birds don’t often receive good press. Numerous papers pass through the academic literature each year without even a nod from journalists, but the description of a…
Science and the Senses

Science and the Senses

A question occurred to me the other day, which was to consider how science might have developed differently had humans possessed different senses.  As an example, humans are significantly visual…
The Codex: speech, gesturing, and weight

The Codex: speech, gesturing, and weight

I’ve been having a peek at the Science Codex, and come across this cluster of articles. Gesturing while talking helps change your thoughts New research says words, gestures translated by same brain…