The Why Files

Bye-Bye Why Files whyfiles.org/2016/bye-bye-w…

Rodent is faithful, monogamous. Or he strays. Why? whyfiles.org/2015/rodent-is…

Coming Thursday: Brains, love and hormones -- rodent style

Fruit Fly Flight - Precise, rapid control needed. How fast, how rapid? whyfiles.org/2015/fruit-fly…

Ancient wax: It came from bees! Cooking pots reveal traces of beeswax whyfiles.org/2015/ancient-w…

Coming Thursday: Take a drink -- and thank outer space for the water!

Atlantic cod: Decline mirrors warming sea whyfiles.org/2015/atlantic-…

Coming Thursday: Too much warming = too few fish?

Plankton swim, then fly - Are these the smallest critters able to break through the water? whyfiles.org/2015/plankton-…

Coming Thursday: Junior jumpers! Tiny aquatic critters take flight

Male contraceptive: One step ahead whyfiles.org/2015/male-cont…

Coming Thursday: Male contraceptive advance!

California's drought: Blame it on soaring demand for water whyfiles.org/2015/californi…

Tropical mountain diversity: species rise from below, but also travel from afar whyfiles.org/2015/tropical-…

@OERCommons How does one become a Provider (nsdl.oercommons.org/oer/providers)?

Jumping on water: Water strider shows the way whyfiles.org/2015/jumping-o…

Coming Thursday: Jump on water: just like a water strider!

Coming Thursday: Language: Does silicon catch your meaning?

Australian "dragon." If it's hot, eggs hatch with female genitalia but male genetics. whyfiles.org/2015/australia…

Coming Thursday: Lizard gives whole new meaning to "transsexual"