Picture this: A foraging squirrel comes into range of a hungry, coiled rattlesnake. The squirrel realizes the danger too late--the rattlesnake strikes out and bites, fangs pumping venom deep into the squirrel's small body. The poison doesn't kill imm...
Don: All right, Yael, you're a moth. And mating for you is a big deal because it takes eight or nine hours. So the last thing you want is for some predator to interrupt you and your mate in the act. Yael: I'm guessing that's true not just for moths....
The title track of Black Rose's newest CD, is called Sky Stamp. It opens with a traditional Mongolian long-song: This is the music of vast open spaces and big blue skies. It is the music of Mongolian nomads, calling out across the grasslands, soothin...
In this Moment of Science Yael and Don discuss how women can see more color. Yael: Not only are eight percent of men colorblind, but even compared to men who can distinguish between reds and greens, many women may live a more colorful existence. That...
The complex vocalizations of songbirds are learned, not inherited. Some even have regional accents. Wrens, thrushes and other songbirds don't hatch with their impressive musical talents. They learn to sing their extensive repertoires by listening to...
Don: Some people seem to need significantly less sleep than others. Yael: Tell me about it. I have a friend who swears that she sleeps only five hours a night. If she's telling the truth, then she must be bionic. She seems to have plenty of energy, a...
Ontario plans to join British Columbia in regulating traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture by the end of the year. Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman made the announcement Friday, as a government-appointed panel released its recommendat...
Many songs, poems, and books have been written on loves strong effect on people. The state of being in love has even been compared to being sick or insane. A study by Professor Semir Zeki of University College London has found that love does affect p...
Three O' Cat Is Still a Game by Lillian Bueno Mccue What do I believe? What laws do I live by? There are so many answers - work, beauty, truth, love - and I hope I do live by them. But in everyday things I live by the light of a supplementary set of...
Step one: Plant yourself deep in a bed of faith, and pack it down solid and tight. Drench daily with positive thinking, and keep saturated just right. Mulch often with forgivenss, for this will help you grow. Quickly remove any seeds of worry, for th...
Wealth Success and Love A woman saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said, I dont think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat. We do not go into a house together. they replied. Why is that？she want...
A Plate of Peas My grandfather died when I was a small boy, and my grandmother started staying with us for about six months every year. She lived in a room that doubled as my father's office, which we referred to as the back room. She carried with he...
The massive earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 might have shortened Earth's day by 1.26 microseconds, according to calculations by a NASA scientist. An EarthSky Facebook friend asked us how. And the answer is for the day to get shorter, Ea...
Some call it the hormone of love. Its oxytocin and it helps moms bond with and breast-feed their babies, and even keeps romantic couples content. Now a study suggests that this same hormone might also help people with autismby improving their social...
Jon Foley: Agriculture turns out to be one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. About 30% of all of our greenhouse gases come from either clearing land or farming land we already have. That's more than all the worlds electricity. It's more th...
