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It Takes a Cooperative to Raise a Child
The supply of children in U.S. foster care far exceeds the demand for their adoption. Indeed, only one in...
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Celebrating Impractical Physicists
Do you think cutting-edge scientists should earn as much as star athletes, celebrity artists or Wall Street bankers? The...
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Did Mayas Use 2,500-Year-Old Chocolate as Condiment or Beverage?
Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time...
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Dolphins Sponge Up Culture
Dolphins sponge up culture Dolphins that use sea sponges as hunting tools form cliques with others that do the same...
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Colossal Human Sculpture Unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have discovered an enormous stone sculpture of a Neo-Hittite warrior-king daring from the first millennium...
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How Science and the Olympics Can Learn From Each Other
The Olympic Games are a reminder that — as in science — competitiveness must be tempered with cooperation to...
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Modern Culture May Have Emerged 30,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Poisoned-tipped arrows and jewelry made of ostrich egg beads found in South Africa show modern culture may have emerged...
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West Virginia Science Camp Inspires Pursuit of STEM Careers
The National Youth Science Camp aims to give high-achieving students a chance to experience science in a fun setting....
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Evolving Towards Murder: The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Aurora Madman
From David Barash’s post, The Hare, the Tortoise, and the Aurora Madman, in reaction to the tragedy in Colorado,...
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Science at the Olympics: Team Science
The Olympics is a vast experiment in human performance, sport technology and global travel. Nature meets some of the...