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Ask Smithsonian: What Happens When You Get a Concussion?
It’s scary what we don’t know about the lasting effects after a knock to the noggin
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The most distinctive human feature might be that bony protrusion that made Jay Leno famous
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Your Online Dating Profile Picture Affects Whether People Trust You
Attractiveness is linked to trust, but the responses are very different between men and women
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DNA Testing Could Identify Litterbugs and Dog Poop Miscreants
Anonymous crimes may not be quite so anonymous anymore
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Veggie Power? Artificial Muscles Made From Blinged-Out Onions
Turning root vegetables into working muscles requires gold, electricity and imagination
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How Our Modern Lives Became Infested With Bed Bugs
After being bitten by the tiny pests, author Brooke Borel set out to learn all she could about her blood-sucking foes
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A Trip to Mars Could Give You Brain Damage
Exposure to cosmic rays may cause defects that would make astronauts lose their curiosity during a mission
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Birds Are in a Tailspin Four Years After Fukushima
Like the proverbial canary in a coalmine, avian abundances may paint a grim picture of the effects of nuclear disasters on wildlife
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We’re Not That Far From Being Able to Grow Human Bones in a Lab
The company EpiBone could be on the verge of a major breakthrough
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Why Brain-to-Brain Communication Is No Longer Unthinkable
Exploring uncharted territory, neuroscientists are making strides with human subjects who can “talk” directly by using their minds
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The Quest to Upload Your Mind Into the Digital Space
The idea is about as science fiction as it gets. But surprising progress in neuroscience has some entrepreneurs ready to press “send”
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What Does It Feel Like to Be Invisible?
Volunteers in Sweden were tricked into thinking their bodies had vanished, and the “superpower” seemed to ease social fears
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Genes Make Some People More Attractive to Mosquitoes
Certain body odors appear to entice the pesky bloodsuckers—and those smells may be hereditary
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Dog Gazes Hijack the Brain’s Maternal Bonding System
When a dog looks into your eyes, it’s bonding with you in the same way babies bond with their human moms
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Brain Implants May Be Able to Shock Damaged Memories Back Into Shape
With funding from the Defense Department, scientists have begun work on devices that would use electric pulses to realign a memory process gone awry
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Pulling Your Hair Out? It Might Just Help Reverse Baldness
Plucking hair could be a counterintuitive way to fight balding, according to a study of quorum sensing in rat follicles
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A device that tracks blood sugar and automatically administers insulin and glucagon could take some pressure off Type 1 diabetes patients and their parents
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Crowds Are Much Smarter Than We Suspected
In a new book, Michael Bond explores a growing body of research that says people in crowds exercise a collective intelligence
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Like Tiny Scientists, Babies Learn Best By Focusing on Surprising Objects
Lab tests suggest that infants learn more about the world around them when they encounter and investigate unexpected phenomena
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Medical Holograms Are Now Part of the Surgeon’s Toolkit
Technology hitting the market will help doctors examine heart conditions or check for colon cancer without breaking the skin
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