evolution 2021.01.06 How Earth’s oddest mammal got to be so bizarre Often considered the world's oddest mammal, Australia’s beaver-like, duck-billed platypus exhibits an array of bizarre characteristics: it lays eggs instead of giving birth to live babies, sweats milk, has venomous spur…
solving climate changes 2021.01.05 We want people to choose green A call for applications sparked off a conversation around the dining table in a dorm, which quickly turned into a brainstorm on how to make a difference in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
FOOD SCIENCE 2021.01.05 Danish and Chinese tongues taste broccoli and chocolate differently Two studies from the University of Copenhagen show that Danes aren’t quite as good as Chinese at discerning bitter tastes. The research suggests that this is related to anatomical differences upon the tongues of Danish…