How ancient monkeys rode the waves to the Americas — and survived
Analysis suggests that three types of primate made the transoceanic journey to South America from Africa millions of years ago.
Some of the first primates to reach South America might have been tiny, insect-loving monkeys that had been swept out to sea.
Great bolts of lightning foretell Earth-warming clouds
Coverage of wispy cirrus clouds is linked to episodes of electrical activity.
Lightning is typically seen when imposing cumulonimbus clouds fill the sky. But new research shows that these bolts of electricity can also be used to forecast thin and wispy clouds that warm the world by reflecting heat back to the surface.
About one-third of people with epilepsy are treatment resistant. Up until now, epilepsy treatments have focused on taming seizures rather than the source of the disease and for good reason—so many roads lead to epilepsy: traumatic brain injury, extreme fever and infection, and genetic disorders, to name a few. Staff Writer Jennifer Couzin-Frankel talks with host Sarah Crespi about researchers that are 
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