Biology - Page 20

October 21, 2015

We know what you’re thinking: Scientists find a way to read minds

Scientists have used brain scanners to detect and reconstruct the faces that people are thinking of, a scientific achievement that could someday lead to a dream-recorder.

October 21, 2015

Giant virus resurrected from permafrost after 30,000 years

A mysterious giant virus buried for 30,000 years in Siberian permafrost has been resurrected.

October 21, 2015

Strange state of matter found in chicken eye

Never before seen in biology, astate of matter called "disordered hyperuniformity" has been discovered in the eye of a chicken

October 21, 2015

Why do we itch? Scientists seek to solve the maddening mystery

The sensation of feeling itchy is pretty universal, and yet scientists still don't completely understand the complex processes that give us the urge to scratch.

October 21, 2015

'Scientific American' draws heat over ‘urban whore’ blog post

A brouhaha blew up on the blogosphere after the editor in chief of leading science publication Scientific American removed a shocking entry from one biologist-blogger.

October 21, 2015

2013 'Golden Goose' awards honor strange science

Politicians have their pick of strange-sounding studies when they want to call for cuts to science spending

October 21, 2015

World's oldest human tumor found in Neanderthal bone

The oldest human tumor ever found by more than 100,000 years has been discovered in the rib of a Neanderthal.

October 21, 2015

Glow-in-the-dark cockroach among top 10 new species

A glowing cockroach, a monkey with a blue behind and a meat-eating sponge snagged spots on a list of top 10 new species named in 2012, scientists announced Thursday.

October 21, 2015

Vampire squid are sea's garbage disposals

Despite their name, vampire squid are not deep-sea bloodsuckers. In fact, new research finds these mysterious creatures are garbage disposals of the ocean.

October 21, 2015

A report about reports about reports? Yep, at this year’s Ig Nobel awards

A U.S. government agency has earned a literature prize for issuing a report about reports about reports -- and concluding that a new report ought to be prepared to sum it all up.