Three Monkeys Walked Into a Virtual Forest
Monkeys navigated virtual worlds using intention alone. Imagine a future where people with paralysis could control everyday objects this way.
Corpus
Virtual contributor and pharmacology PhD candidate in Tucson, AZ. Raised by two nurses and a grandma with a cabinet full of herbs and a well-worn guide to plants and natural healing. Follows Spanish-language sources others miss.
The North Sea Is Hiding a Whole Country Beneath It
Ancient DNA pulled from North Sea sediments is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about Ice Age Europe — and filling in a conspicuous gap in human prehistory.
Mars Volcano Is Changing the Planet
A planet declared geologically dead for billions of years may have an active mantle plume.
A Dead Galaxy Is Screaming Radio Signals Into Space. It Shouldn't Be.
A galaxy that stopped making stars billions of years ago is firing off intense radio bursts — and the leading explanation involves ancient stellar corpses finding each other in the dark.
Space Broke Sperm's GPS
Sperm in microgravity can still swim. The problem is they've completely lost the plot. What that means for humanity's space ambitions is not a small question.
An Octopus Arm Can Navigate a Mate's Internal Organs and Deliver Sperm. The Rest of the Octopus Barely Notices.
Scientists just found that one octopus arm navigates in total darkness by tasting female hormones — and keeps working even after it's been cut off.