176 / A baby’s body in a 30G collision
Imagine a young mother inside a fast car, holding a baby on her lap. The…
914 / Mona Lisa: Not a Duchenne smile!
One bizarre remark on Mona Lisa’s smile is that she doesn’t smile at all; it’s…
179 / The ultimate evolutionary innovation?
It was Eors Szathmary who likened language to an amoeba, and the human brain to…
901 / Ooh! Woohoo! Oops!
Ooh! That is surprise. We make spontaneous sounds to express everything from elation (Woohoo!) to…
911 / Two distinct life circles of creativity
A study of Nobel-winning economists by Bruce Weinberg and David Galenson identifies two different life…
915 / Teeth tell stories that mouth can’t
A fossil tooth could be a buffet of information for researchers at a dig. Teeth…