Joseph Bennington-Castro's posts

Dyslexia is typically seen as a reading disorder, but many dyslexics are also known to have trouble processing…

Numerous animals, humans included, have adapted to living in cold climates by increasing their body size. And now,…

Losing your sight early in life is often said to heighten other senses, particularly hearing. A new study now shows…

For the first time, scientists have shown that they can predict when people will make risky decisions based on brain…

The rainforests of the world are rapidly disappearing due to a range of issues, including illegal logging and cattle…

Centuries ago, scientists relied on paintings and illustrations of animals to learn more about their anatomy. Today,…

Once a week, three-toed sloths slowly descend from the leafy forest canopy to poop on the ground. Why do these…

Small flying robots often take design cues from the flapping wings of insects and birds. But this robot prototype,…

Scientists had long thought that hind legs only evolved after animals crawled up on land. But a new fossil discovery…

One popular idea to explain the current obesity epidemic proposes that our hunter-gatherer ancestors had a…

How people develop long-lasting taste aversions has intrigued scientists for decades. Surprisingly, research now…

Throughout the tropical forests of the world, there's a parasitic fungus that turns unwitting ants into "zombies."…

Our galaxy is filled with massive planets known as super-Earths. But what these planets are like has been anyone's…

Unlike all other primates, clawed New World Monkeys almost always give birth to twins. But why? It turns out these…

Meet the tobacco hornworm, a caterpillar that regularly eats tobacco leaves loaded with nicotine. Research now shows…

It's easy to think that Neanderthals were dumb brutes, incapable of complex speech like us. But it turns out that a…

Plenty of social animals have ways to police each other's behavior — so that if an animal enters the wrong territory…

Humans often rear their children with help from family and friends. But why would such a strategy evolve? What could…

For some male spiders, sex can come with a very high price: Death. How, then, do they get it on without becoming…

Researchers studying a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in China have discovered that wildcats first came to…