Cody Cottier
Pinning down our ‘great leap forward’: When did ancient humans start to act behaviorally modern?
How are we different from ancient humans? Since our species first appeared, we’ve been on a wild ride from the ...
How hot is too hot? Climate change likely to spark intolerable spikes in temperature and humidity
Will climate change spark increases in heat and humidity that could challenge human tolerance? As we careen toward temperatures that ...
Plants respond to injuries in fascinating ways. Can they feel pain?
Lacking the brain and nervous system needed to conjure consciousness (not to mention nociceptors, the animalian cells that react to ...
Nipples seem useless in men – so why do they have them?
Males and females do, in fact, start from the same genetic blueprint. Embryos, in their first weeks, develop structures with ...
Evolutionary quirk: Humans are defined by ‘singular vulnerability’ to heart attacks
There are many things that set us humans apart from other species: large brains, bipedalism, a predilection for puns. But ...
Fecal transplant industry needs a lot of ‘quality’ poop. Where does it come from?
To reset the microbiome, the best medicine comes from the last place you’d expect: a fecal transplant, in which a ...
