Animals
Monkeys might share our instincts for math
To show how monkeys think about math and shapes, scientists had them play games — including some designed by kids.
Humans
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- Humans
Analyze This: Spooky feelings may come from noises too low to hear
People exposed to low infrasound frequencies had higher levels of a stress hormone in spit and were more likely to rate music as sad.
- Chemistry
Experiment: Make your own marshmallows!
Soft, sticky marshmallows can be made with just three ingredients. Finding the right ratio of sugar and corn syrup is key to making this sweet treat.
- Archaeology
Ancient Egyptian princesses may have been skilled warriors
A study of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the weapons buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.
- Animals
The Cyclops may be an ancient myth, but one-eyed creatures are real
The iconic Cyclops of The Odyssey might look like a massive, one-eyed person, but it might have more in common with creatures other than humans.
- Space
Art helped this astrophysicist make sense of math
Ronald Gamble takes cues from the arts to study supermassive black holes and their spacetime geometry.
- Humans
Scientists Say: Midden
One ancient person’s, or animal’s, trash may become an archeologist’s treasure.
- Humans
Humans have used fire far longer than anyone realized
Cave dirt suggests one ancestral species was using fire around 1.8 million years ago. That pushes back the earliest known use by about 800,000 years.
- Humans
Explainer: What is ADHD?
Short for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD affects how people think, learn and process information.
- Health & Medicine
What to know about using AI chatbots for therapy
More and more young people are turning to AI chatbots for mental health help. There can be risks, and it’s important to know what they are, experts say.
