Mini-heart chamber beats on its own just like the real thing
A tiny living heart chamber replica can more accurately mimic a real heart. It could provide a sandbox for testing new heart disease treatments.
Teen brains tune out mom’s voice more starting at 13
Hey moms: When your teens don’t seem to hear you, it’s not that they don’t want to clean their room. It’s just their brains tuning you out.
Tiny beetles had a taste for coconuts 60 million years ago
After a bunch of detective work, researchers have found the culprits behind holes bored into a fossilized coconut from 60 million years ago: Beetles.
Blind people recall speech better than sighted people
Blind people can remember speech better than sighted people, but do no better when remembering sounds, a new study shows.
Expert: Let’s invest in parents of young children
Professor Dana Suskind makes the case for how America can—and should—improve societal support for parents of young children.
Genetic bottleneck stymies endangered Wyoming toad survival
A new study of decreased genetic diversity in the immune system of the Wyoming toad could lead to new captive breeding strategies for endangered species.
Intense tillage on US farm fields boosts greenhouse emissions
An increase in tillage intensity in corn and soybean fields on US farms since 2008 has led to an increase in greenhouse gas from those fields.
Feeling loved by God cuts self-improvement spending
Prompting Christians to think of their belief in God’s unconditional love reduces the pull of self-improvement purchases, research finds.
Why do mood swings precede Alzheimer’s memory loss?
To better understand mood swings that precede Alzheimer’s disease memory loss, researchers focused on a critical brain region processing motivation.
Springy device jumps 100 feet up to break record
A new device owes its height-jumping prowess to the size of its spring relative to its motor: it’s nearly 100 times greater than that found in animals.