What does sand look like under a microscope?

Gary Greenberg uses 3D microscopes to inspect the diversity of sand grains.

Vocabulary: sediments, microscopy, sand, crystals, biological sand

Is it possible to breed a healthier bulldog?

Veterinary researcher Niels Pedersen discusses his research on the bulldog gene pool.

Vocabulary: inbreeding, outcrossing, pedigree

What makes chili peppers so hot?

The spicy science of capsaicin and receptors on your tongue.

Vocabulary: receptors, capsaicin, nerves, tolerance

What Makes the Solar System Like a Crime Scene?

An object within the Kuiper Belt that’s orbiting wildly out of sync might give us clues about early movements of planetary bodies.

This Battery Will Self-Destruct in 30 Minutes

Researchers are working to build devices that perform a function, then completely disappear.

What happens to Olympic architecture once the games are done?

Facilities from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games were designed with a 2nd life in mind.

Do Other Animals Show Handedness?

Researchers look at the relationship between handedness and brain asymmetry in animals.

Vocabulary: handedness, dominance, reaction time

How Hashtags, Texts, And Tweets Are Influencing Digital Language

Have texting and tweeting killed the period?

Vocabulary: syntax, hashtag, sarcasm, tone

How Can We Keep the Endangered Vaquita from Vanishing?

We find out the good and bad of proposed conservation strategies to save this small cetacean.