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Search ArticlesElephants Think Before They Act
As humans, we value rational decision-making in which we resist impulses to make better decisions. This “inhibitory control” is also found in other primates and some birds. Such ability to self-regulate is not, however, known in elephants. Will an elephant, for example, grab a proffered banana even if it means missing out on a better meal later on?
Does Consciousness Require a Body?
Antonio Damasio has been working to solve the conundrum of consciousness almost since modern neuroscience first began to tackle the problem over three decades ago. In the early 1990s, the Italian neuroscientist was among the first to publish research suggesting that feelings such as hunger and pain might provide the foundations for consciousness, that familiar experience of being alive, awake, and self-aware in the world.
An Astrophysicist’s Favorite Books on Cosmology Original
To me cosmology was never really about the equations. It’s the oldest thing we do, this itch to look up and try to explain the whole business, and it shows up in myth and in a whole constellation of confident-but-wrong ideas and soulful attempts to connect ourselves to some grander scale of meaning. So a few of these are “real” cosmology books. The rest, real in their own way. You’ll see. Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence by Paul M.
Why Snake Embryos Form in Spirals Original
There’s something special you might not know about snake embryos: They form in a tight spiral shape, usually in a clockwise direction. This packaging trick is the reason they can hatch with the longest body of all the vertebrates. Now, researchers have published a new study that explains why. Based on an analysis of more than 900 embryo images, the researchers determined that the spine grows so quickly that the gut can’t keep up.
The Hidden Power Struggle Between Lions and Hyenas Original
Scientists know that lions and hyenas are found together in the African veld. And the assumption has always been that hyenas skulk around lions to steal the leftover scraps from their kills, just like the spotted hyenas in The Lion King. But a new study of large carnivores in Namibia and Botswana published today in the journal Frontiers in Ethology highlights a totally different dynamic—one in which lions are actively pursuing hyenas.
How Fast You Walk May Determine How Long You Live
You don’t actually need to take 10,000 steps a day to stay fit. That figure comes from the marketing campaign for a Japanese pedometer called the Manpo-Kei, which translates to “10,000 steps meter.” It’s proved to be a remarkably resilient myth, though. So how many steps should you take per day? A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has some answers.
NASA’s New Experimental Jet Promises Supersonic Flight Without the Sonic Booms
Supersonic flight could be making a comeback more than 20 years after the retirement of the Concorde, courtesy of an experimental NASA aircraft. During their heyday the Concorde could rocket from New York City to London in under three hours, less than half the time of traditional passenger planes. Unfortunately, they also announced themselves with sonic booms that topped out at over 110 decibels.
This New “Devil Flower” Species Doesn’t Photosynthesize
Discovered in the forests of the Thong Pha Phum National Park in Thailand, the leafless “devil flower” looks like a small, charred gremlin staring at you with fiery eyes. In fact, as soon as you see the newly identified plant species Thismia daemona, you understand the nickname.
Male Sex-Reversed Frogs Hold Their Own in Fertility Competitions
Typically, your phenotype—or your outward appearance—matches your genotype when it comes to sex. But, in a little-studied phenomenon dubbed “sex reversal,” the outward characteristics of animals change enough that they no longer match their genetic sex. Such reversal has been recorded in amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. A new study published last week in Science Advances explored sex reversal in wild “agile frogs” (Rana dalmatina) sampled from breeding ponds in Hungary.
The Elegance of a Stupid Question
Four centuries ago, Sir Walter Raleigh, the New World explorer and courtly favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, asked his assistant a stupid question. He was gearing up to lead an expedition to South America to search for a mythical city of gold and bring its riches back to London. Cannonballs, Raleigh asked his mathematical assistant Thomas Harriot: How many per stack?