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Science

Red fish, blue fish: Why the fleshy rainbow?

Red fish, blue fish: Why the fleshy rainbow?

From red to white to orange to blue, fish flesh can land almost anywhere on the color spectrum. What's behind this huge variation? A lot of things -- from genetics to bile pigments. And parsing the rainbow can tell us something about where a fish came from, its swimming routine and what it ate.
by Alastair Bland

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Democrats unveil a bill to ban Internet fast lanes

Democrats unveil a bill to ban Internet fast lanes

Net neutrality has become a hot topic this summer, despite its snooze-inducing name. The principle governs that data on the Internet should be served to customers on a level playing field -- at the same speeds -- without priority for certain companies that might be able to pay for "fast lanes" for content.
by Elise Hu

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Your brain's got rhythm, and syncs when you think

Your brain's got rhythm, and syncs when you think

The internal cadences of the brain and nervous system appear to play an important role in everything from walking to thinking. And abnormal rhythms have been associated with problems including schizophrenia, epilepsy, autism and Parkinson's disease.
by Jon Hamilton

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How do you catch a cold?

In this episode of Brains On, a science podcast for kids and curious adults, we find out more about the common cold: Does standing outside in the cold actually make it easier to get sick? Is there a cure that really works? Could there be a benefit to catching the rhinovirus?

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Underground home for mosquitoes in London

Underground home for mosquitoes in London

You can't hear it over the noise of London's traffic. But it's there. That faint, whining hum. Right under my feet, thousands of mosquitoes are dining on human blood.
by Ari Shapiro

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Climate Cast: Natural gas vs. coal

Climate Cast: Natural gas vs. coal

New regulations will be a boon for the natural gas industry. Paul and Kerri talk with Robert Howarth from Cornell University about the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas.

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Human or machine? Program reportedly passes the 'Turing test'

A computer program masquerading as a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy has reached a technological and philosophical threshold by passing the so-called Turing Test: it fooled a third of its human interlocutors into believing they were conversing with a real person instead of a machine.

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MPR Top Coast Festival: Maggie Koerth-Baker on medical ethics

MPR Top Coast Festival: Maggie Koerth-Baker on medical ethics

Koerth-Baker of BoingBoing.net looks at the limits of medical science in a current world of bioethics that can limit testing medicines and procedures on humans.

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