Susan Gaidos

All Stories by Susan Gaidos

  1. Health & Medicine

    Contemplating thought

    Your brain is more complex than a computer, but the two are similar.

  2. Earth

    Antarctica warms, which threatens penguins

    Unexpected rates of warming threaten to change Antarctica and pose a threat to the survival of some of its penguins.

  3. Earth

    Science loses out when ice caps melt

    Tropical glaciers are vanishing at an especially rapid pace—and taking valuable climate records with them.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Face values

    Researchers are uncovering what makes a mug attractive.

  5. Tech

    Hubble Lives On

    Scientists are planning the last servicing mission to one of the most important space telescopes of all time.

  6. Health & Medicine

    Sugar-pill medicine

    Just expecting to feel better can sometimes cure what’s ailing you.

  7. Space

    Galaxies on the go

    Millions of stars are mysteriously racing toward one point in the sky.

  8. Animals

    Traveling tuna

    Young Atlantic bluefin tuna swim the sea from coast to coast.

  9. Computing

    Troubles with Hubble

    Just before a planned repair mission, the space telescope went quiet.

  10. Animals

    Honeybees do the wave

    Giant honeybees make waves when predators come close.

  11. Math

    Math and our number sense

    Not all math skills are learned in the classroom. Some of them come naturally.

  12. Animals

    From dipping to fishing

    Scientists retool thinking about chimp innovation.