This Week: Apnea treatment = Golfer’s glory?
In the News: Shooting rampage at Ft. Hood kills 12, wounds 31.
The struggle between predator and prey never ends. Bats invented sonar, and now some moths are fighting back. Check out the Why Files acoustic-organic warfare, airborne edition.
You can’t hold your eyes completely still, but what is the purpose of those tiny movements? A new study links them to the brain region that controls quick movements of the eye.
Locusts live a solitary life — until their bodies suddenly change, and they swarm into clouds of destructive insects. A new study fingers the trigger for this transformation.
How does momma croc know when to dig up the young? How do the embryos know when to start hatching? The secret’s in the song…
Mice can tell the sex, mating status and identity of another mouse — all from sniffing urine. A new study of how mice read pheromones also gives insight into the human sensory apparatus…
It’s a wonder of the human brain: When we pay attention to something, it becomes brighter, more distinct, more memorable.