Not All Heroes Wear Capes, but These Termites Did for Science This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey.
A Nobel Prize Might Lower a Scientist’s Impact A team of researchers at Stanford find that older scientists are less productive after winning major awards like the Nobel and the MacArthur Fellowship.
Apes and Monkeys That Went Up Trees Had to Evolve the Ability to Climb Down In a study of chimpanzee and monkey anatomy, primate arms provide hints about how our ancestors got to the ground in one piece.
This Whale May Win the Prize for Longest Pregnancy in Mammals Bowhead whales may carry their babies for as long as 23 months, although more research is needed to confirm the finding.
A Link Between Hearing Voices and Hearing Your Own Voice An experiment with bone-conduction headphones suggests a way for neuroscientists to better understand some hallucinations.