Our Male Ancestors Stayed Close to Home, While Females Wandered About By Marlene Cimons published 18 November 11
Bridging the Gap Between Scientists and the Public By Marlene Cimons published 27 June 11 Scientists learn to communicate with non-scientists through and National Science Foundation program.
E. coli Offers Insight to Evolution By Marlene Cimons published 10 June 11 Richard Lenski's two decade experiment on E. coli sheds new light on evolutionary processes.
Behind The Scenes: Surveying Americans' Attitudes and Beliefs By Marlene Cimons published 18 March 11 The General Social Survey asks questions about critical societal issues such as civil liberties, crime and violence, tolerance, morality, race, stress and happiness.
Behind The Scenes: Robots to the Rescue By Marlene Cimons published 4 March 11 Researchers are exploring ways to make robots more "rescue friendly," using new technologies and research about how humans interact with robots.
Are Invisibility Cloaks Hiding Around The Corner? By Marlene Cimons published 17 February 11 Elena Semouchkina is working to shield objects from light, rendering them invisible
Down Boy: Investigating the Domestication of Dogs through DNA By Marlene Cimons published 11 February 11 Couple travels the world to map the genetic origin of half-wild dogs.
Scientists Untangled Spider Web Stickiness By Marlene Cimons published 12 November 10 Researchers are trying to figure out the properties of the glue-like substance that spiders deposit along the rings of silk in their webs that give the web its stickiness
Scientists Investigate Possible 'Fear Drug' By Marlene Cimons published 30 July 10 A brain chemical involved in both learning to be afraid and curbing existing fear might one day serve as a drug to help prevent anxiety and the after-effects of trauma.
Insects Inspire Robot Design By Marlene Cimons published 7 June 10 Engineer John Schmitt is trying to develop legged robots that can easily run over the roughest surfaces. He uses cockroaches and other animals as models for the robot design.
Humans Have a Lot to Learn From Bonobos, Scientist Says By Marlene Cimons published 23 April 10 Primatologists Brain Hare thinks humans can learn a thing or two from bonobos. One of his recent studies found these apes enjoy sharing, while chimps don't
Naked Mole Rats' Secrets Revealed By Marlene Cimons published 12 March 10 Biologists Thomas Park studies naked mole rats and has found these strange animals can live long periods without oxygen and are immune to certain types of pain
Why Human Blood Drives Mosquitoes Wild By Marlene Cimons published 22 January 10 Human blood contains sent-producing compounds that lure mosquitoes, scientists find
The First American Women in Antarctica By Marlene Cimons published 24 December 09 Celebrating first women scientists to travel to Antarctica.
