The Beak Of The Type Two Finch

The Beak Of The Type Two Finch

      The steady dirge of diabetes swells all about us, dark and onerous: the condition is now estimated to affect 7 percent of the population, with some putting the figure closer…
Can Professors Say the Truth? (radio show)

Can Professors Say the Truth? (radio show)

Two days ago, the KQED radio program Forum with Michael Krasny discussed the attacks on Northwestern psychology professor Michael Bailey and his book The Man Who Would Be Queen. Here is their…
Is Baby Talk Universal?  Monkeys Use It Also

Is Baby Talk Universal? Monkeys Use It Also

Female rhesus monkeys use special vocalizations while interacting with infants, the way human adults use motherese, or “baby talk,” to engage babies’ attention, new research at the University of…
Huntington's Disease Victims Have Too Much REST

Huntington's Disease Victims Have Too Much REST

Huntington's is an inherited degenerative neurological disease that affects up to 8 people out of every 100,000 in Western countries. Any person whose parent has Huntington's has a 50-50 chance of…
Inkjet-printable Solar Panels... Really!

Inkjet-printable Solar Panels... Really!

Research in all manner of renewable energy technologies abounds. There’s tidal energy, underwater turbines, biological fuel cells, cow poop power. You name it someone’s probably having a go at it.…
Saving The Kakapo From Extinction

Saving The Kakapo From Extinction

One of the strangest and most endangered birds in the world, the kakapo, is being brought back from the brink of extinction with the help of scientists from the University of Glasgow. The largest of…
Calculating The Biomass Of Martian Soil

Calculating The Biomass Of Martian Soil

A new interpretation of data from NASA’s Viking landers indicates that 0.1% of the Martian soil tested could have a biological origin. Dr Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany,…