NPR News: Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do

Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do
A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which has been linked to the emergence of language.

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NPR News: That ain't perfume! Ancient bottle contained feces, likely used for medicine

That ain't perfume! Ancient bottle contained feces, likely used for medicine
Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than two thousand years ago.

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NPR News: Mass grave sheds light on 7th century plague

Mass grave sheds light on 7th century plague
In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian.

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NPR News: This form of mental exercise may cut dementia risk for decades

This form of mental exercise may cut dementia risk for decades
A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next 20 years.

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NPR News: Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica's near-freezing deep

Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica's near-freezing deep
Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica.

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NPR News: AI is helping individual scientists, study suggests — but not science

AI is helping individual scientists, study suggests — but not science
Artificial intelligence is helping researchers advance their careers and drill deeper into specific questions, but it is not necessarily benefiting science on the whole.

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NPR News: Why do humans kiss?

Why do humans kiss?
We ask Matilda Brindle, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford.

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