All Stories by Meghan Rosen
- Animals
Tongue bristles help bats lap up nectar
High-speed videos capture stretched-out tongue bumps that stretch out so nectar-feeding bats can slurp up their food.
- Health & Medicine
Brain measurements predict math progress with tutoring
The size and connections of a brain structure associated with memory formation predicted learning ability in 8- and 9-year-old children.
- Life
Signs of culture in whales and monkeys
Mammals learn feeding behaviors from their friends and family members.
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- Life
Infants, whether mice or human, love to be carried
Being toted around calms and quiets babies of both species.
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- Health & Medicine
Mental puzzles underlie music’s delight
MRI reveals brain’s processing, and its pleasure, when a person listens to an enjoyable new tune.
- Life
Molecule in meat may increase heart disease risk
Gut bacteria transform compound into artery hardener.
- Earth
Isolated coral reefs can regrow after bleaching
Having neighboring coral reefs is unnecessary for recovery.
- Tech
Biological transistor built for living computers
DNA-based switches could be used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
- Earth
Fungi pull carbon into northern forest soils
Organisms living on tree roots do the lion’s share of sequestering carbon.
- Life
Impending death alters crickets’ standards for mates
With a short time to live, parasite-infested females lose their preference for fast-chirping males.
