"Sleeping On It" Is A Science-Backed Way Of Solving Your Problems - IFLScience

Global distribution and habitus of tiger beetle genera currently in the tribe Manticorini. From left to right and top to bottom, with color denoting range depiction: Omus, brown; Amblycheila, teal; Manticora, dark blue; Picnochile, purple; Platychile, beige; Mantica, dark green. Credit: (from left to right and top to bottom) Ming-Hsun Chou, Ted MacRae, Petr Mückstein, Michael Weymann, Ye Liu, Petr Mückstein. They can't fly or swim, so why do their closest relatives appear on different continents?

Celebrating the Class of 2026 and Memorial University's newest alumni. Oct. 14, 2026 Fall graduate Farzana Rahman says her time at Memorial University was an eye-opening experience, one where she worked with clients to solve real-world problems.

The following is an excerpt from “Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up” by David Byrne. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns a small commission which helps support our journalism.