Micro-naps for plants
Flicking the lights on and off can save energy without hurting indoor agriculture harvests Kevin M. Folta, University of Florida A nighttime arrival at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport flies you over…
Vaccine may unravel Alzheimer’s tangled web
The treatment spurs the immune system to attack the misbehaving proteins, improving cognition in the bargain
Why showing pain helps
The attention and comfort generated minimizes how bad or stressful an injury feels – and that’s not just in humans Mirjam Guesgen If you watch kids at a local playground,…
Chimp calls and human language origins
The apes’ calls seem to resemble sounds like laughter and crying rather than elements of a true language Freud, Wilkie and the other chimpanzees peacefully fed and rested in the…
‘A manifestation of amazing willpower’
Cosmologist and colleague Martin Rees looks back at the life of Stephen Hawking – one of spectacular success against all odds Martin Rees, University of Cambridge Soon after I enrolled…