Natural Science
Recycling Water - And Attitudes
Paul Rozin identifies a major roadblock to exploring new methods of attaining drinkable water.
Frozen in Time
Jane Willenbring measures the rapid rate at which ice sheets are receding.
La Difference
Smaller portions may explain the “French paradox" of rich foods and a svelte population.
Tawkin’ American
Linguist publishes first comprehensive guide to the varieties of speech patterns across the U.S. and Canada.
Unpacking the Baggage
Sorting out nature and nurture
Celestial Fossils Found
Penn researchers discover of three of the faintest and smallest objects ever detected beyond Neptune.
Zeroing in on the Higgs
Brig Williams and team close in on the mysterious “God particle.”
Bonding Time
Sarah Trice and Gary Molander alter the landscape of pharmaceutical synthesis.
Picking Up Pieces of the Puzzle
Cosmologist Mark Devlin builds a telescope that floats to the edge of space.
Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of Social Mind
Biologist Dorothy Cheney and psychologist Robert Seyfarth explore the intelligence underlying baboons' social organization.
Mind's Eye View
Penn psychologists identify neural correlates of visual and verbal cognitive styles.
Life in Motion
Larry Rome and John MacDermott introduce students to cutting-edge motion analysis technology. Three biomechanics students share their eye-opening videos below.
Oil and Water
Douglas Jerolmack and Federico Falcini of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science discuss the catastrophic oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.