Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out.
Tag: Anatomy and Physiology
Pollution May Affect the Color of City Birds, Research Shows
Recent studies show that certain feather pigments can help neutralize toxic pollution. It means darker, duller birds could have a survival advantage.
London Museum Removes ‘Irish Giant’ Skeleton From Display
The remains of Charles Byrne, a 7-foot-7 man who died in 1783, will no longer be on public view, an effort to address what one official at the Hunterian Museum called a historical wrong.
Nobel Prize Awarded to Scientist Who Sequenced Neanderthal Genome
Svante Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist, was honored for work that created a new field of ancient DNA studies and identified populations at higher risk of disease.
All Hooting Aside: Did a Vocal Evolution Give Rise to Language?
The loss of certain muscles in the human larynx may have helped give our species a voice, a new study suggests.
The Mysterious Dance of the Cricket Embryos
A team of biologists and mathematicians studied hours of video to learn how insects take shape in the egg. The secret is geometry.
The Health Effects of Extreme Heat
Researchers are drilling down into the ways life on a hotter planet will tax our bodies, and looking for protections that, unlike air-conditioning, don’t make the problem worse.
Even the G-Spot is Named for a Man
Why do so many female body parts honor male scientists?
In Israel, Modern Medicine Grapples With Ghosts of the Third Reich
A Palestinian surgeon, a Jewish patient, a Nazi medical text — and an unlikely bond.