What medicine can learn from squid teeth
Many types of squid have razor-sharp teeth. They just are not where you'd expect to find them. Each of the…
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Feeling Objects that Aren’t There
Imagine this. You wake up in the morning to the irritating buzz of your alarm. Instead of fumbling for a…
Finding Foods for the Future
This translucent red alga grows along northern, rocky coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. And its colorful, leathery fronds…
Stretchy battery
It’s no stretch to say that batteries won’t continue to be rigid and blocky forever. Engineers inspired by Japanese…
Retractions: Righting the wrongs of science
If the results from an experiment look too good to be true, look again. Those are wise words…
Science in Hollywood
There’s so much snow in the movie Frozen that the cold white stuff might as well be the star of…
Saving endangered ‘tongues’
Ong uyan madongo? You probably don’t know how to answer that question — unless you happen to be one…
Burning to learn
In central California’s Yosemite National Park, it doesn’t take much to set the forest on fire. A discarded cigarette.…
Hacking the Planet
Some problems have easy solutions. If we feel sweaty, we’ll head for the shade. If our soup’s too hot,…
Ahead of the wave
Bump a glass and any water inside might slop over the side. Splash in the bathtub and waves slosh.…