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Using Folk Music To Track Human Migration
Traditional Dance Group Of Taiwan's Tsou People The Tsou are one of the aboriginal Taiwanese groups whose music researchers studied. 小卡 via Wikimedia Commons Where humans go, they bring their culture...
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Forget Prozac, Psychobiotics Are the Future of Psychiatry
Psychobiotics Source: Wikipedia; Modifications: Jason Tetro For millennia, the human race has sought to combat psychological disorders through the intervention of natural – and eventually synthetic –...
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Spain Considers Release Of Genetically Modified Olive Fruit Flies
Olive Fruit Fly Joaquim Alves Gaspar on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0A company involved in creating genetically modified mosquitos has another project nearing outdoor testing. The U.K.-based Oxitec...
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Unpacking Privilege in Science Communication
"Oops I fell on you, Marie" At the core of science’s myriad problems culturing diversity of all stripes, there is a common thread: the people with the loudest voices haven’t yet examined their own...
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This Sculpture Turns Movement Into Music
Trunk O' Funk Sensors lining the Treequencer allow musicians like Superhuman Happiness (a dance-funk band) to play the instrument by dancing, waving, or just moving around. Courtesy Red Bull Content...
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Interactive Infographic: Meat Production In 2050
Developed countries consume about 40 percent of meat worldwide. According to the UN, that figure will fall to 30 percent by 2050, driven by population growth and dietary changes in developing...
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Inside The Zumwalt Destroyer
Zumwalt In Maine U.S. Navy The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer, the most technologically advanced warship ever built and the first of its eponymous class, was set to be christened October 19, but then...
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Blue Oil On Bowling Lanes Shows How You Roll
Chris Barnes PBA For a championship series airing early next month, the Professional Bowlers Association will be trying something out of the ordinary: using lanes that look like a Smurf went splat on...
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Why You Still Can't Sell Me A Car
Car Crash Library of Congress Last month, Popular Science ran an essay I wrote titled "Why You Can't Sell Me A Car." The goal was to stoke important conversations about the future of automobiles, and...
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Big Pic: A Beautiful Look At Parasitic Worms
Worms Courtesy Bo Wang and Phillip Newmark, HHMI/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Two hundred fifty million people worldwide require treatment for schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, a...
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The Hand Tool Family Tree [Infographic]
So you misplaced your screwdriver, or vernier caliper, or veiner gouge. The worst, right? If only everything were as organized as this ridiculously comprehensive infographic of more than 300 hand...
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What A Penguin Looks Like On A Heat Map
Penguin Heat Map courtesy Université de Strasbourg and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Strasbourg, France As if their home in Antarctica weren’t cold enough, emperor penguins...
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What Does A Navy Do?
U.S. Navy Photo Welcome to ShipShape, a blog that will attempt to demystify the ships and systems that ride on and under the open ocean. As this blog progresses we'll tackle some of the how's and...
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Microscope Images Show Topography Of Tears
Tears of ending and beginning Copyright Rose-Lynn Fisher, 2013 We cry for various reasons: happiness, sadness, cutting onions. But almost invariably, we wipe away those tears or they are otherwise...
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A Map Of Winds All Over The World
Global Winds, Imaged in the GEOS-5 Nature Run William Putman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Aeolus, is that you? This is a map of winds on Earth, created from a mathematical model made by NASA....
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Is Inspiration Enough to Launch Inspiration Mars?
In 2001, Dennis Tito used his millions to buy a seat on a Soyuz spacecraft for an eight-day visit to the International Space Station. On February 27 of this year, he announced his plan to foot a large...
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Dogs Watch Human Interactions To Assess Quality Of Treats
Watchful Gandee Vasan/Getty Images Ever get that feeling you're being watched? Well, if you're a dog-owner, you may have a point. Dogs are able to watch people's interactions with one another to...
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China Tests New Stealth Drone
Sharp Sword On The Runway Global Times Yesterday, China's new stealth drone flew for the first time, according to Chinese state media. The drone is an unmanned flying wedge, similar to American flying...
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Sympathy For The Metal: Almost Human Is The Pro-Robot Propaganda We Need
Fox Fifteen minutes into the series premiere of Almost Human, a robot gets casually pushed out of a moving car. He, or maybe it’s an it, despite the fact that the MX model of police bot has a...
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Motorola And 3D Systems Will 3-D-Print Modular Cell Phones
Project Ara Mark Serr Last month, Motorola announced a plan for a modular smartphone. Project Ara, the company said, will be a simple way for users to individualize their phones, swapping out parts...
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