Experimental Musings

For Valentine’s Day, we’ve been thinking about the role our senses play in love. Scientists have studied varied aspects of this emotion about sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell when it comes to your sweetheart.

Humans use a wide range of tactics to try to ignite a spark, but we crafty homo sapiens aren’t unique. All kinds of critters in nature use similar strategies to kindle the romance with that special someone.

Catching a cold makes you feel tired, achy, and zapped of energy. How can all viruses know how to stuff up your nose and make you unmotivated? Well, they don’t. Your body is doing all this to itself.

Maybe you've heard that old saying about stress making you go gray. Scientists actually have studied this phenomena and have some interesting information to share about the mechanics of how we go gray. So, does stress contribute?

We bet you didn't expect this question: can llamas help combat the coronavirus? Of course, if we're asking, the answer is probably yes. But how? We have that answer, too, and it's no prob-llama to share it with you!