See, Urchin!

See, Urchin!

Spiky echinoderms use spines for complex vision

Oh, you. You think you’re pretty fancy, don’t you, with your matching pair of eyeballs, your precious optic nerve, your oh-so-sophisticated visual cortex. You think you’re so evolved. More…

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The Shocking Truth: Trees are Electric

The Shocking Truth: Trees are Electric

New circuits tap into electric currents generated by bigleaf maple trees

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They Got the Beat

They Got the Beat

Rhythm in animals reveals evolution of human music

in the life science blog

See, Urchin!

Spiky echinoderms use spines for complex vision

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Getting Scientific With Psychotherapy

Getting Scientific With Psychotherapy

Science-based accrediting system emerges in clinical psychology

in the health blog

Did Tainted Cow’s Milk Kill Jane Austen?

Medical and literary experts debate English novelist Jane Austen’s fatal illness

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Bionic Bugs

Bionic Bugs

The Defense Department’s attempts to merge insects and electronics are benefiting science more than the military

in the physical science blog

Blow Up Your Own Balloons

We’re in the midst of a helium shortage, so let’s save what we can for science