60-Second Science

The prospect of death by giant hornet has pushed some Asian honey bees to resort to a poop-based defense system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Unlike humans, wolves can subsist on protein alone for months—so scientists say we may have lobbed leaner leftovers their way. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Researchers help farmers in Namibia avoid costly cattle losses by tracking big cat hangouts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Linguist Ben Zimmer says the pandemic has turned us all into amateur epidemiologists, utilizing terms like "superspreader" and "asymptomatic." Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on...

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Juvenile ravens performed just as well as chimps and orangutans on a battery of intelligence tests—except for spatial skills. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Bee larvae and pupae appear to secrete a chemical that does the work of a late-night cup of coffee on their nurses. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems. Audio of wolves inside Voyageurs National Park, courtesy of Jacob Job. -- Read more...

A study of adults learning a new language found that speaking primarily activated regions in the left side of the brain but reading and listening comprehension were much more variable. -- Read...

Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The wrinkle-faced bat covers its face with a flap of skin, seemingly as part of its courtship rituals. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Evidence of the ancient humans was limited to a cave in Siberia—but now, scientists have found genetic remains of the Denisovans in China. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on...

Travel time differences for sound waves produced by undersea earthquakes in the same place at different times can provide details about ocean warming. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A duckbill dinosaur jawbone found in Morocco means that dinosaurs crossed a large body of water to reach Africa. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Chipmunk-like animals that lived among the dinos appear to have been social creatures, which suggests that sociality arose in mammals earlier than scientists thought. Christopher Intagliata... --...

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from the dormant volcano Llullaillaco in Chile, about a mouse that's the highest-dwelling mammal...

COVID might be fought efficiently with fewer shutdowns by restricting activities only in a particular area with a population up to 200,000 when its case rate rises above a chosen threshold. --...

Horseflies misjudge landing on zebra patterns compared with solid grey or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black and white pattern. -- Read more on...

Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part three of our three-part audio sound... --...

Need a break from politics and the pandemic? You’re probably not in the Amazon rain forest right now, but we can take you there in audio. Today, in part two of our three-part audio sound... --...