In the current issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers present evidence that domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and will use their understanding of reflected images to scope out their surroundings and find their food. ... The finding is...

I was reading about The Ban on Abortion Coverage in the house health care bill. It occurred to me that (if the bill becomes law) there are likely to be many women who will not be able to afford abortions...

Everyone is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. I am happy that the Soviet Union fell when it did, as it probably could have held on for several more decades and the world is massively...

According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. Building With Whole Trees Choosing...

Derek Thompson puts words to a phenomena that has long bothered me but escaped my clear exposition: But you have also fallen into the MSNBC/Daily Show trap of mistaking the discovery of hypocrisy for the making a meaningful point. Leave...