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Wieland Schöllkopf: Small particles of matter sometimes act like light
Proving that quantum reflection exists is a little like demonstrating that a ball which has just fallen off a cliff can bounce back up without hitting the ground at all.
February 25, 2011
Harold Wanless on sea level rise in South Florida
Wanless said that with projected sea level rise of 6 feet - the high end of projections - only 44% of South Florida's developed area would still be above high tide by the end of this century.
February 25, 2011
Banded sea krait is a swimming, tree-climbing, venomous beauty
The venomous banded sea krait has impressive adaptions for life on land and at sea. But don't ask me about its mating habits. Read more about them.
February 24, 2011
Hibernating black bears and what we didn’t know
For the first time, Alaskan black bears were monitored continuously through their long winter hibernation. Read more about hibernating black bears.
February 22, 2011
Rebel fungus pair rewrites heredity rules and redraws tree of life
Twenty five million years ago, a copied chunk of the genome of one fungus jumped intact to the genome of another, thus rewriting heredity's rules as we know them.
February 22, 2011
Sky island ecosystems: What are they?
Scientists say climate change in this century will affect the unique mountain wildlife in the sky island ecosystems of Arizona's Catalina Mountains.
February 21, 2011
When our human ancestors first walked tall
A 3.2-million-year-old fossil foot bone, discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, is shedding new light on when our human ancestors first began to walk upright.
February 21, 2011
Tasmanian devils are not quiet, cuddly vegetarians
A closer look at Tasmanian devils, the world's largest carnivorous marsupial. These animals that only exist on the island of Tasmania are protected.
February 20, 2011
Julia Clarke: Penguin ancestors didn’t wear black and white
Scientists discovered the fossilized remains of a species of penguin that lived 36 million years ago - and it turns out their feathers weren't black and white.
February 18, 2011
The odd life of an underground orchid
A strange and wonderful orchid in Western Australia lives its entire life cycle underground. Learn more about the odd life of an underground orchid.
February 16, 2011
