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Cornell Food Researcher's Downfall Raises Larger Questions For Science
Brian Wansink made a name for himself producing pithy, palatable studies that connected people's eating habits with cues from their environment. His data manipulation now serves as a cautionary tale. -
Study: Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked To Widespread Bee Deaths
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin posit that glyphosate destroys specialized gut bacteria in bees, leaving them more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria. -
Space Mining — Learning How To Fuel An Interplanetary Gas Station
Real space travel will necessitate interplanetary gas stations on the moon, or on asteroids. A Colorado university has launched the first degree program in "space mining." -
19-Year-Old Survives 49 Days At Sea, After Floating Hut Drifts To Guam
After he ran out of cooking gas, Aldi Novel Adilang started using wood from his craft to cook fish. He drifted from Indonesia to waters around Guam. -
In Lab Turned Casino, Gambling Monkeys Help Scientists Find Risk-Taking Brain Area
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a brain region in monkeys that influences their desire to take big risks. When this area is inactivated, the monkeys tend to hedge their bets. -
Octopuses Get Strangely Cuddly On The Mood Drug Ecstasy
The drug makes the usually antisocial creatures much more interested in friendly contact with other octopuses. It's one more sign that the chemistry of social behavior has deep evolutionary roots. -
New Study Shows Eating Whole-Fat Dairy Products Is Less Likely To Cause Heart Disease Than Low-Fat
Food critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Corby Kummer talked to Boston Public Radio about why eating whole-fat dairy products may be healthier than low-fat. -
After Mysterious Closure, Solar Observatory In New Mexico Reopens
A telescope in Sunspot, N.M., will have additional security for now, after "an unusual number of visitors" showed up at the site. Conspiracy theories had proliferated about its sudden closing. -
How Your Hormones Control Everything
Author Randi Hutter Epstein explains why hormones affect so many things in our lives. -
Update: A Young Man's Experiment With A 'Living Drug' For Leukemia
After trying one treatment after another for his leukemia, 20-year old Aaron Reid enrolled in a study to test an experimental therapy using modified cells from his own body.
