In the current global economic recession, people all over the world can agree that it is hard to turn down a free meal. This seems true for the sperm whales as well. In the Gulf of Alaska, a population of sperm whales has recently honed in...

Love and biology are deeply entwined. Love can make a heart raceand a lack of chemistry can turn romance into friendship. But justwhat is the nature of this link? Can biochemistry causelove?Dr. Hagop Akiskal won the Ig-Nobel prize in Chemistry for tryingto answer this very question. The Ig-Nobel...