Albert Einstein’s brain is ready for its closeup. Nearly 60 years after Einstein’s death, anyone can have the chance to explore that remarkable noodle. During Einstein’s autopsy, Princeton pathologist Thomas […]
Death and castration probably aren’t two things men like to think about very much. But they may be linked in an unusual way. Researchers at Korea University just published a […]
It might sound like science fiction… or at the very least a show on AMC. The first case of “zombie bees” in honeybee populations was discovered in 2008, but now […]
Just six days ago, the National Zoo and animal lovers everywhere were thrilled at the birth of a female giant panda cub to mother Mei Xiang. Yesterday, the cub died. […]
Our air conditioning may break down in the next few years. Not the mechanical one we can flip on with a switch, the one that works to keep the globe […]
If you ever watch CSI, Law & Order, or any other such show or film involving detective work, you’ll notice there’s always some guy or gal with a camera. They’re […]
Science and the social scene don’t often mix, but every once in a while the planets align to make it happen. Adler Planetarium is hosting Adler After Dark tonight at […]
Did you know that certain vertebrates (animals with backbones and spinal columns, basically the higher orders of animal life) can reproduce as virgins? Female snakes, sharks and some birds sometimes […]
Your boys might not swim straight. They could paddle along in a corkscrew pattern, or hyperactively wiggle in no pattern at all. But the truly vital discovery is that now […]
NASA made another discovery about Mars recently, and it’s not from that little vehicle rolling around the rocks and craters at the moment. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has found […]
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