This 6,000-year-old amulet is the oldest example of a technology still used by NASA; Women have more rights in places with fewer pathogens; Dear Science: Is listening with ear buds bad for your ears?; Watch rats ‘giggle’ and jump for joy at being tickled; Thousands of dead fish clogged a New York canal. Why?; Trump and Pence on science, in their own words; These monkeys were paralyzed until a brain implant helped them walk again; What will President Trump mean for science?;   Sarah Kaplan on Science   Scientists are building a telescope to seek another Earth — and you can help A consortium launched a crowdfunding campaign for an optical instrument that could search for planets in Alpha Centauri. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more » This 6,000-year-old amulet is the oldest example of a technology still used by NASA The ancient amulet was made via lost-wax casting, one of the most important innovations in the history of metallurgy. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Women have more rights in places with fewer pathogens A new study suggests that gender equality in the U.S. increased when disease rates declined. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Dear Science: Is listening with ear buds bad for your ears? What kind of headphones will protect you from hearing loss? The answer is complicated. By Rachel Feltman and Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Watch rats ‘giggle’ and jump for joy at being tickled Literally. It's called a “joy jump." By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   Thousands of dead fish clogged a New York canal. Why? The science of fish kills. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more » Trump and Pence on science, in their own words Eight cases in which Donald Trump and Mike Pence have made false claims about evolution, vaccines, lightbulbs, Ebola and more. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   These monkeys were paralyzed until a brain implant helped them walk again Scientists have developed a wireless device that allowed monkeys with spinal cord injuries to move their legs via a signal from their own brains. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   What will President Trump mean for science? Trump's climate change skepticism and pledge to cut federal spending has many researchers worried about science under his administration. By Sarah Kaplan  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   The Switch The day's top stories on the tech industry and tech in our lives. Sign Up »         Share Speaking of Science:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Speaking of Science. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071