NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.

Researchers have discovered that dense crowds can spontaneously synchronize into collective oscillations, with hundreds of ...

The question of whether cats are a menace for birdlife is under debate again, so just how bad for biodiversity are our beloved moggies?

Crowds reach a critical point where individual movement is overtaken by a collective dynamic, causing the mass to adhere to ...

The need for new fast classification methods has become increasingly important. When a patient arrives at a medical center ...

A group of scientists studying the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, Spain, believe there’s a way to predict the motions of a large crowd.

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecular "blueprint" carrying the genetic instructions that influence the growth, ...

Seven years ago, researchers caught an unexpected phenomenon on film: A pool of red dye that somehow 'knew' how to solve a maze filled with milk. Propelled forward by a couple drops of soap, it ...

Discover how scientists have taken inspiration from praying mantises to create artificial compound eyes that revolutionize 3D ...

The idea of a lightsail comes from the fact that radiation pressure represents a mechanical pressure acting on a surface due ...

Donald Trump has blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion as a reason the U.S. was “going to hell” as the president continues ...

A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.