There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but genetics doesn’t help. Only physics explains why.
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Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
There are issues with Kinsey’s data, but his books revolutionized Americans’ thinking about sex and sexuality.
The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
A simple semantic device — invented by a forgotten senator — can help us break “the curse of knowledge.”
Don’t worry that your dog’s world is visually drab.
Like witchcraft, “racecraft” refers to a kind of magical thinking — one that treats race as if it were scientifically meaningful.
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
There are dozens of learning and development conferences to choose from each year. Here are 10 of the most popular, along with what makes them unique.
It’s spooky, and it’s happening all around us. And inside us.
Australian parrots have worked out how to open trash bins, and the trick is spreading across Sydney.
Within a month of that initial conversation, Peter Singer became a vegetarian.
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.
Before there were planets, stars, and galaxies, before even neutral atoms or stable protons, there was the Big Bang. How did we prove it?
With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.
This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.
Letting nature’s expert engineers lead the way.
Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.
To this day, one cult believes that Lemuria was real, and that its people left us the sacred wisdom to revive their advanced civilization.
Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Lamborghini vs. Ferrari. What can the most famous rivalries teach us about human nature?
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For better and worse, the Columbian Exchange plugged the Americas into the global system — and there was no going back.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.
The biology behind your office’s air conditioning war.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
Elephants mourn the dead, dolphins give names to each other, and insects can recognize faces. The animal world is much smarter than we think.