May 2, 2016 Medieval parasite-filled poop found in Jerusalem latrine The excavation of a roughly 500-year-old latrine in Jerusalem has uncovered thousands of eggs from human parasites, including some that may have come from Northern Europe, a new study finds
May 2, 2016 Arachnid love: Female wolf spiders use dragline silk to snag a mate Sometimes a lady spider has to show off the goods. New research shows that female wolf spiders increase their dragline silk advertisements to get otherwise uninterested males’ attention.
May 2, 2016 Meet 2 new spider species: 'Skeletorus' and 'Sparklemuffin' Two gorgeous new species of peacock spiders nicknamed "Skeletorus" and"Sparklemuffin" have been discovered in Australia, according to a new report
May 2, 2016 Wasp DNA produces genetically modified butterflies When a wasp injects its eggs into a caterpillar, the results are grisly to say the least. The viral DNA of the wasp alters the caterpillar’s immune response, allowing the host to stay alive as the eggs grow into larvae and begin to eat its body. After about 10 days of feeding, the larvae emerge, killing the caterpillar.
May 2, 2016 Scientists look to re-animate ancient, giant 'Frankenvirus' found in Siberia It’s alive! Or that’s what scientists might say when they reanimate the so-called “frankenvirus,” a 30,000-year-old giant virus that was discovered in Siberia. The French researchers behind the find – published this week in PNAS, the journal from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences – warn that climate change could reawaken dangerous microscopic pathogens, reports Agence France-Presse.
May 2, 2016 What your brain really sees when it looks at ‘the dress’: A neuroscientist explains It’s the question on everyone’s lips – just what color is that dress? White and gold or blue and black? Well, we know what Kim Kardashian thinks. Now it’s science’s turn to enter the Internet battle raging over the actual color of a 21-year old Scottish woman’s dress.
May 2, 2016 Italian cemetery could preserve cholera DNA An Italian church graveyard could preserve more than bodies: Researchers are searching the cemetery for the DNA of ancient strains of cholera
May 2, 2016 Be my biological Valentine: Do microbes define physical attraction? Roses are red, violets are blue, and your microbiome makes me love you. Does it really? Well, according to one researcher, it does.
May 2, 2016 Ever wake up and think you see a ghost? Here's what's happening It was an ordinary night, but Salma, a 20-year-old student at The American University in Cairo, had a particularly frightening experience.
May 2, 2016 'Pop-Up' 3D structures can mimic brain circuits By mimicking children's pop-up books, scientists can now make complex microscopic 3D shapes that model brain circuitry and blood vessels, researchers say
