What’s the Waggle Dance? And Why Do Honeybees Do It?

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

Honeybees communicate where a nectar source is by dancing. Learn how they tell the bee colony.

You Can’t Sleep While Traveling Because Your Brain Acts Like a Dolphin’s

Source: Smithsonian

Sleep researchers found that when you try to sleep in a new place, half of your brain stays alert to danger. Find out why poor sleep in strange surroundings is due to fear.

Great Monarch Butterfly Migration Mystery Solved

Source: BBC

Find out how the Monarch butterfly flies 5,000km in just two months using their internal “GPS”.

Your Warped Perception of Time

Source: BrainCraft

What could a sea bass have to do with our perception of time? Check out this short BrainCraft video to find out!

How Deep is Too Deep to Dive?

Source: LeisurePro

Being aware that there is a potential risk of getting into difficulties and knowing what to do when things go wrong could save a diver’s life.

Clare Students on Top of the World after Claiming NASA Prize with Radical Idea

Source: Silicon Republic

Four Irish students from a school in Co. Clare beat 4,000 other students from around the world to scoop the NASA prize at the International Space Development Conference in Puerto Rico.

We See Colors Differently Based On Season

Source: The Weather Network

Yellow is yellow, right? Apparently not! As each season changes the colors in our natural environment, how we identify colors also changes.

Why Do Some Birds Lay Blue Eggs?

Source: Discover Magazine

Read what scientists have deciphered about why some eggs have a blue color.

Environmental art is on the rise – with a little help from Leonardo DiCaprio

Source: The Guardian

Read about the growing market for environmental art.

Mathphilic

Source: The New Yorker

Physicists of today still build on Albert Einstein’s now century-old theory of general relativity. Learn about the genius of Einstein’s math.