Linguistic diversity begins with our palates
It’s not just our culture that shapes how we speak. There’ a bit of mouth-to-mouth morphing going on too. Mark Bruer reports.
Filming fast: scientists capture molecular rotation
Quantum movie presents 651 images in trillionths of a second.
Sound volume and decision-making linked by maths
The field of psychophysics receives much-needed experimental validation. Barry Keily reports.
Science history: Virginia Apgar and the score you didn’t know you had
Simple system made a major contribution to assessing the health of newborns. Jeff Glorfeld reports.
Aggressive spiders ride out cyclones
We need to know how extreme events affect animal behaviour, researchers say.
