Fish exposed to the noise of speedboats were less efficient at finding, catching and holding on to prey. Christopher Intagliata reports...
Physicist Thomas LeCompte explains how the Large Hadron Collider's output will differ from the big bang--and what they have in common. Steve Mirsky reports...
People who had seemingly unrealistic expectations of their spouses were nonetheless happier than more realistic mates in a marriage's early years. Karen Hopkin reports...
Decreasing unwanted pregnancies lowers fertility rates internationally and will help stabilize the global population, but investment is decreasing. Steve Mirsky reports...
Nobel laureate John Sulston posited at the AAAS meeting that it may be time to look for alternatives to GDP as measures of well-being. Steve Mirsky reports...
A recent study with teenage male songbirds finds that they can suddenly have a surge of tweeting talent when they are placed in the presence of a female bird. Christie Nicholson reports...
The evolution of the ability to digest lactose conferred such an advantage it probably spread through populations within a few dozen generations. Steve Mirsky reports....
Recent research in the journal Psychological Science reveals that infant attachment styles might influence our ability to recover from fights with our romantic partners. Christie Nicholson reports...
People who do not express the Duffy blood-group protein were thought to be safe from infection by Plasmodium vivax. That appears to no longer be the case. Steve Mirsky reports...
Rockefeller University's Joel Cohen noted at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that the question of the earth's human carrying capacity depends on how we're being carried. Steve Mirsky reports....