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How Social Learning Keeps Orangutans Fed

Orangutans learn by watching, then trying

September 24, 2026

Two Big Stick Insect Species Emerge from Australia

They were hiding in plain sight among their close relatives

September 24, 2026

Isaac Asimov Showed Us How to Avoid the AI Apocalypse

But the famed sci-fi author’s 80-year-old rules of robotics may need some updating

September 24, 2026

What Australia’s Hidden Caves Can Teach Us About Martian Terrain

The Nullarbor terrain isn’t that different than the red planet

September 23, 2026

U.S. Life Expectancy is Circling the Drain

We lack political will to deal with it

September 23, 2026

Does Earth’s Magnetic Field Affect Aging?

The secret may lie in the mitochondria

September 23, 2026

How a Horse Flu Outbreak Spurred an Early Animal Rights Crusade

In 1872, New York’s devastating epizootic gave the ASPCA’s young founder a powerful moral argument for animal protection

September 23, 2026

Why Activating Brown Fat to Treat Obesity is So Hard

And why the failures are just as important

September 22, 2026

The Mysterious Migrant Potters of Ancient Tampa Bay

Another archaeological cold case solved

September 22, 2026