Latest articles by Joel N. Shurkin
Training A Fish To Survive
Interesting hatchery environments can make smarter, more resilient fish.
Electric Light Bulbs Toy With Our Internal Clocks
Camping helps reset your internal timekeeper.
Scientists Produce False Memories In Mice
False memories can be implanted in mice and presumably humans.
Calories Count Only When Accurately Counted
Two studies suggest that calorie counts may be misleading.
When Temperatures Rise, Evolution Can Come To The Rescue
Fruit flies can develop protection in weeks.
Prehistoric Paintings Reveal Native Americans' Cosmology
Appalachian cave art may explain Mound people's universe.
Butterflies Inspire Anti-Counterfeit Technology
Nanotechnology emulates a South American insect's wings.
Algae Provide A Food Bank For Starving Coral
Cells form crystals to store nitrogen when life gets tough.
Sounds Of The Sea: Stones Clanging
Tide-borne pebbles on the seabed can drown out other ocean noises.
When 'Suckers' Rebuild Eroding Beaches, 'Free Riders' Benefit
One group pays, both profit in computer model.
Tiny Winged Fossil Suggests How Hummingbirds and Swifts Evolved
Rare fossil with its feathers intact found in Wyoming.
Bureaucracy, Meat Production Crucial To Building Egypt's Pyramids
Modern societies would need computers to match the feat.
Game Theory Tackles Rising Health Care Costs
Operations research finds an increasingly important application in health care.
Clamshells Reveal Secrets of Pre-Columbian Society's Decline
Changes in the environment likely made life too difficult for Peru's Moche.
Under Extremes, Big Groups Can Act Like A Force Of Nature
Physics students study how large crowds behave at mosh pits.
Building Unbreakable Codes Beyond The Bounds Of Earth
Quantum satellites may beam down powerful data encryption keys.
Geneticists Estimate Publication Date Of The 'Iliad'
Genomes and language provide clues on the origin of Homer's classic.
Harnessing The Power Of Peacocks To Make Colorful Images
Nanotech material reflects light to display pictures without chemicals or electricity.
Mystery Of New York's Falling Crime Rate Remains Unsolved
Are we just becoming more civilized?
Climate Change May Make Flu Seasons Worse
Warm winters usually make the next year's flu season worse than average.
How Running For Our Lives May Have Made Humans Smarter
Mouse study shows relationship between exercise and size of the brain.
Where Did The Universe's Magnetism Come From?
The first magnetic fields appeared randomly after the Big Bang.
Scientists Discover New Mechanism for Antibiotic Resistance
Tuberculosis-like bacteria survive when not producing a certain protein, in seemingly random pulses.
