Crampfish became famous thanks to the movie Finding Nimo. In real life, their social hierarchy is simple, larger fish dominate their smaller counterparts. Now we know that to reinforce the social structure, the fish communicate with aggressive and su...
We want our kids to grow up in a country where they have access to the best schools and the best teachers, a country that lives up to its legacy is the global leader and technology and discovery and innerbation, with all the good jobs and new busines...
Getting out grandmas good [flat work] for the holidays? Then youre probably dreading the time it takes to polish up that silver. Now imagine youre in charge of the silver collection at the metropolitan museum of art. Fortunately, for art conservators...
In a recent podcast, we heard the beluga whale NOC change his voice's rhythm and pitch to imitate human speech. Pretty impressive, but you ain't heard nothing yet. M K, an Asian elephant that appears to form actual words. Thats annyong,Korean for hel...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Got a minute? Nasty bacteria cling to the surfaces of countertops. They also stick to medical devices - like catheters - that are placed inside the human body, where they can bec...
Tuberculosis killed 1.4 million people last year. One reason TB is so deadly is that TB bacteria mutate quickly. But some scientists are hoping to get a step ahead of TBs changes in the future by studying its past evolution. Remnants of TB genes can...
