Mindy Weisberger
Why don’t humans have tails?
Why did some primates keep their tails, while humans and apes didn't? Tail loss is thought to be part of ...
Why were these 1,000-year-old skulls shaped like ‘sci-fi aliens’?
Tight wrapping in childhood produced deliberately deformed skulls ...
How Nazi Germany pioneered the use of performance enhancing drugs in WWII
The remarkable endurance of German and Allied soldiers during World War II had a secret ingredient: performance-enhancing drugs. During the ...
‘People are primed for ET’: Why the discovery of alien life won’t frighten us
On [October 30] 80 years ago, actor Orson Welles announced to audiences in a chilling radio performance that Martians were ...
Here’s why so many of us are spooked by artificial intelligence?
[N]ot everyone is ready to welcome AI with open arms. In recent years, as computer scientists have pushed the boundaries ...
Genetics of Harry Potter: What wizardry can tell us about our DNA
[In the world of "Harry Potter,"] magic appears to follow some of the same rules as other traits that are ...
