Sun and Moon need someone to tell them when to rise and set, and Elephant, Turtle, and Owl have an idea of who it should be. This story for kids is an origin tale for the best and brightest of bugs: the firefly!
This time of year, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is nearly inescapable. As the song goes, Rudolph is bullied for having a nose so bright it glows (like a lightbulb!). But one fateful Christmas Eve, his much-mocked nose makes Rudolph a hero. Using it as a beacon, Rudolph guides Santa’s flying sleigh through a foggy night to deliver gifts around the world.
Maria Temming
Flavor isn’t just on your tongue — it’s also in your brain. New scans identify a part of the brain that fuses taste and smell into flavor. Smell and taste are so connected that a whiff of a well-loved food evokes its taste without any thinking. These senses become linked the moment we bite into something, says Putu Agus Khorisantono. He’s a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.
Siddhant Pusdekar
Being invisible is useful for animals that spend a lot of time in places with no good hiding spots, like the air or open ocean, says Kate Feller. She studies vision and behavior at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. The secret to invisibility is all about light. “The way we see things is when light is reflected back off of an object onto our eyes,” says Feller. The more light that can pass through something undisturbed, the harder it is to see that thing.
Sofia Caetano Avritzer
Suppose you want to send a secret message to your friend. Since you don’t want anyone else to read the message, you and your friend decide on a code. For example, A is 1, B is 2. You decide that space should be indicated by a semi-colon, and a comma separates two letters. So, “Come Home” becomes 3,15,13,5;8,15,13,5.
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Bonobos, primates closely related to humans, are capable of pretend play. That’s according to a study done at Johns Hopkins University, in Maryland. The study was published in Science. A bonobo named Kanzi watched researchers add imaginary juice and grapes to containers. When they “emptied” one container, Kanzi could point to the one that was still “full.” This suggests that recognizing pretend objects “is not uniquely human,” the study says
Candace Dipsey