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Heat Sensor Has Snaky Sensitivity Feb 15, 2017

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Researchers have developed a heat sensor that can detect temperature changes of just ten thousandths of a degree Celsius—comparable with the sensitivity of pit vipers. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Housing Boom Busts Birds' Valentine's Day Feb 14, 2017

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A Pacific Northwest housing boom is encroaching on songbird habitat, forcing the birds to flee their homes—and their mates.

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Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight Feb 13, 2017

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A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Partnered-Up Men More Attractive to Women Feb 09, 2017

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Women rate a man they see with an attractive woman as more desirable than an unattached man. Erika Beras reports.

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Gulf Dead Zone Makes for Shrimpier Shrimp Feb 08, 2017

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The low-oxygen waters of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico result in smaller shrimp, and a spike in large shrimp prices. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Frog Spit Behaves Like Bug-Catching Ketchup Feb 06, 2017

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The amphibians' saliva is what's known as a "shear-thinning fluid," like ketchup—sometimes thick, sometimes thin and flowing. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Super Bowl Snacks Need These Exercise Equivalents Feb 04, 2017

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Charles Platkin, director of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, published tips on what it would take to burn off the calories we typically consume during the Super Bowl

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The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect Feb 02, 2017

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Arctic heat waves melt sea ice, which promotes more warming and even more ice loss. In other words, it’s a snowball effect—or in this case, an anti-snowball effect. Julia Rosen reports.

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Widening the Suez Canal Ushers In Underwater Invaders Jan 31, 2017

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Nomadic jellyfish and poisonous puffer fish are the poster children of an invasion of non-native species into the Mediterranean, with environmental and economic costs. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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Hawaiian Crows Ready for the Call of the Wild Jan 30, 2017

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The critically endangered birds have done well in captive breeding, meaning they may be ready once more for wild living, and the repertoire of calls associated with it. Jason G. Goldman reports.

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