Differences in certain avian and mammalian proteins explain why avian influenza doesn’t (typically) infect humans.
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Science writer Matt Ridley joins us to discuss how “Darwin’s strangest idea” makes us all a bit feather-brained (in a good way).
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.
As wind power grows around the world, so does the threat the turbines pose to wildlife. From simple fixes to high-tech solutions, new approaches can help.
Cats twist and snakes slide, exploiting and negotiating physical laws. Scientists are figuring out how.
In his book, “Birds, Sex and Beauty,” Matt Ridley explores why learning isn’t always nature versus nurture.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a medieval airship!
“Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world.”
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news — but also some bright spots.
“She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Although mammals may be the dominant form of life today, we’re relative newcomers on planet Earth. Here’s our place in natural history.
What do aliens, apes, and orchestras all have in common? Professor Michael Spitzer explains how they each help us understand the origins of music.
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From AI to health and the metaverse, this year’s CES promised new tech that will change lives long after the excitement of the latest TV wears off.
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Scientists still aren’t sure how they perform without those restorative Z’s.
The nature of “the mind” is always vast and clear no matter how swamped by information we feel — and leaders can learn to embrace this space.
You can’t farm spiders — but putting spider genes into silkworms works even better.
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The spikes in their mouths would have helped them catch squid or fish.
When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an “anxiety spiral.”
Quantum physics is starting to show up in unexpected places. Indeed, it is at work in animals, plants, and our own bodies.
They’re not just watching you; they’re also calculating.
Billy was a local celebrity in the early 1900s. And he might have been a murderer.
Roger Babson wanted a “partial insulator, reflector, or absorber of gravity” — something, anything, that would stop or dampen it.