New Fossil
Discovery of a "hybrid" skeleton in Portugal has paleontologists speculating that it might be the result of Neanderthal/modern human mating, perhaps challenging the "out of Africa" scenario.
Wes Phillips
But I Like It Rumpled!
Huckleberry fails to see the appeal of a perfectly flat rug.
You Turned the Amp Off?
Bagheera is outraged that I powered off her heated perch.
Famous Last Words
I've always been partial to Rabelais' "Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être." (I am off in search of the great perhaps.)
Music Training Boosts the Brain
As the US eliminates music education from its curriculum, we begin to see proof that music has "real" benefits. I thought that exposing kids to beauty and greatness was enough, but what do I know?
Crypto-Musicology
How Matmos came to use an Enigma machine on For Alan Turing.
Tiki Tiki Tiki
How sex, rum, and WWII ignited the fad that will not die.
How Common is Your Surname in America?
Mindless fun—and it's ed-u-ma-cational!
Drunk Fruit Flies Don't Lie
Why you get more of a buzz from that cold beer on a hot summer's day. (News you can use!)
Quack, Quack
The theory was perfect but the patient stubbornly died. Two new books set Druin Burch a'thinking.