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Turning to turkey's tryptophan to boost mood? Not so fast
Those smiles probably aren’t thanks to tryptophan.Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.comEvery Thanksgiving, myths of the quasi-magical powers of tryptophan rise again.There’s the turkey/drowsiness...
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What are blood types?
Blood has special traits unique to every person.TippaPatt/www.shutterstock.comCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Light versus dark – the color of the turkey meat is due to the job of the muscle
Turkeys do a lot of standing and milling around, not a lot of flying.Richard Wozniak/Shutterstock.comAs families gather together this holiday season, the lucky ones will avoid impassioned discussions...
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Brain activity predicts which mice will become compulsive drinkers
Can the activity in brain circuits predict who is vulnerable to excessive drinking?AlexLMX/Shutterstock.comSome individuals consume alcohol their entire adult life without developing an alcohol use...
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Gluten-sensitive liberals? Investigating the stereotype suggests food fads...
Lots of common foods tend to be full of gluten.Ezume Images/Shutterstock.comSitting down for a family feast, do you need to gird yourself for battle in the ongoing sociopolitical culture war? In...
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Thank fungi for cheese, wine and beer this holiday season
These foods are all dependent on microorganisms for their distinctive flavor.margouillat photo/Shutterstock.comIt’s hard to imagine a holiday table without bread, meat, vegetables, wine, beer or a...
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Contrary to recent reports, Jupiter's Great Red Spot is not in danger of...
Measuring in at 10,159 miles (16,350 kilometers) in width (as of April 3, 2017) Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Christopher GoIn the last 10 years,...
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Your big brain makes you human – count your neurons when you count your...
It's these brain cells that really make humans unique.anyaivanova/Shutterstock.comHere’s something new to consider being thankful for at the dinner table: the long evolutionary journey that gave you...
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Why it seems like your friends have more to be thankful for
Math provides clues as to why your happy friends are as happy as they seem.MilanMarkovic78/Shutterstock.comHave you ever felt like everyone else has so much more to be thankful for? Check your Facebook...
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A quantum computing future is unlikely, due to random hardware errors
Will quantum computers ever reliably best classical computers?Amin Van/Shutterstock.comArtist’s rendition of the Google processor.Forest Stearns, Google AI Quantum Artist in Residence, CC BY-NDGoogle...
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Robotics researchers have a duty to prevent autonomous weapons
Both the hardware and software of commercial drones can be changed easily.AP Photo/Seth WenigRobotics is rapidly being transformed by advances in artificial intelligence. And the benefits are...
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'Blue' space: Access to water features can boost city dwellers' mental health
Access to the shoreline is great, but what about places not on the coast?Béju (Happy City, Street Plan, University of Virginia), CC BY-NDOfficials are increasingly recognizing that integrating nature...
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Inequity takes a toll on your gut microbes, too
Affluent neighborhoods have very different microbes from those in poor ones.Zentangle/Shutterstock.comPeople worry about having access to clean water, power, health care and healthy foods because they...
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Why are moths attracted to light?
Moths flutter toward light at night, but why?NeagoneFo/Shutterstock.comCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
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Nicolas Bourbaki: The greatest mathematician who never was
Bourbaki Congress of 1938.WikimediaBy many measures, Nicolas Bourbaki ranks among the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. Largely unknown today, Bourbaki is likely the last mathematician to...
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What makes wine dry? It's easy to taste, but much harder to measure
A lot of of chemistry and physics are behind how you perceive a sip of wine.GANNA MARTYSHEVA/Shutterstock.comWhen you take a sip of wine at a family meal or celebration, what do you notice?First, you...
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Super rats or sickly rodents? Our war against urban rats could be leading to...
Cities around the world appear to be harboring increasing numbers of rats, including this one: the inflatable 'Scabby the Rat.'robert cicchetti/Shutterstock.comIt took only a few seconds to spot one....
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'Robotic blacksmithing': A technology that could revive US manufacturing
Robots already assemble and weld products in factories. Can they make the components parts themselves, too?Factory_Easy/Shutterstock.comAlthough it may not be obvious, there’s a close link between...
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Examining how primates make vowel sounds pushes timeline for speech evolution...
Baboons make sounds, but how does it relate to human speech?Creative Wrights/Shutterstock.comSound doesn’t fossilize. Language doesn’t either.Even when writing systems have developed, they’ve...
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How old should kids be to get phones?
Every kid should have their own cell phone. Or should they? Syda Productions/Shutterstock.com Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
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