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.