Life

  1. Plants

    Cactus goo for clean water

    A cactus commonly found in Mexico can help clean up dirty water.

    By Emily Sohn
  2. Plants

    Bright blooms that glow

    Certain flowers fluoresce, giving off a spooky light.

    By Emily Sohn
  3. Psychology

    Pain expectations

    How painful you expect something to be beforehand can affect how you actually feel when you're hurt.

    By Emily Sohn
  4. Animals

    From Chimps to People

    Although chimpanzees and people share many genes, there are key biological differences.

    By Emily Sohn
  5. Animals

    Copybees

    Bees can learn about new food sources by spying on each other.

    By Emily Sohn
  6. Tech

    Roboroach and company

    Cockroaches and lobsters inspire robots that navigate in darkness and track smells.

    By Sarah Webb
  7. Animals

    Who’s knocking?

    Recordings of calls and drumming provide new evidence that the ivory-billed woodpecker survives.

    By Emily Sohn
  8. Animals

    Walktopus

    Some octopuses can walk, using two of their eight arms to scoot backward.

    By Emily Sohn
  9. Life

    Algae motors

    Single-cell algae can haul hefty loads.

    By Emily Sohn
  10. Fossils

    Dino Babies

    Fossilized eggs suggest that baby dinosaurs may have relied on grown-ups for help.

    By Emily Sohn
  11. Brain

    Monkeys in the Mirror

    Capuchin monkeys react to their own mirror images in surprising ways.

    By Emily Sohn
  12. Microbes

    Fungus hunt

    Scientists are collecting information to create a family tree for fungi (and mushrooms).

    By Emily Sohn