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Fingerprints and Friction

Why do humans, other primates and koalas have fingerprints?

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From the Editor: Positive Thinking

Funny-looking cells and an air of expectation

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Video Games Improve Your Vision

Yes, you read that headline right. Video games, specifically first-person shooter games, train your brain and help you see better

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Debunking Dowsing

Black jaguars, like the cub on the left, have a mutation that causes them to produce more of the pigment melanin than spotted jaguars do.

Evolution in Black and White

The alternative color forms of some animals are providing new insights into how animals adapt and evolve

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Lincoln vs. Darwin (Part 3 of 4)

We asked: Who was more important, Abraham Lincoln or Charles Darwin? T.A. Frail took up the fight for Lincoln, and Laura Helmuth argued for Darwin

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How Many Ugandan Mountain Gorillas?

Mountain gorillas are rare and endangered, and they have the misfortune to live in a part of the world wracked by human violence

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This is Your Brain…In Cake

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Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs

The golf course would seem to be a quiet and peaceful place, so why did an audiologist recommend that some golfers wear earplugs?

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