Question Your World: Which New Relative of Ours Was Discovered?
Thanksgiving time is here! When we are given a chance to sit around the table together with loved ones and for better or worse, we get a chance to learn more about our own family.
Question Your World: Why Were Rats Taught to Drive?
Scientists at the University of Richmond have been teaching rats how to drive and, unlike what happens to human drivers during rush hour, the rats’ stress level has gone down! That’s right, teaching rats … to drive … to lower stress.
Question Your World: Why Study the First Frost Date?
In case you haven’t noticed, it's cold out there again! One way to study how our overall climate is doing is by looking at our first frost date of the season.
Question Your World: Where Exactly Did We Come From?
There are so many commonly used home-related phrases out there. Clearly we care a lot about what is home to us. Researchers just announced that they have identified the region from which all of our modern human ancestors arose.
Question Your World: What Causes Left-Handedness?
90% of the world is right-handed. History and culture have not been kind to left-handers, a somewhat rare occurrence among us humans. So, after all these years, if the right hand is preferred, why do we still have a bunch of lefties out there?
