October 21, 2015 Creepy: Peering into spiders' brains without exploding them The jumping spider, famed for its excellent vision and pouncing skills, has long been an enigma to neurobiologists.
October 21, 2015 How a Virginia suburb became an Ebola epicenter It’s a little known fact, or perhaps a dark matter best forgotten, but the child care facility on Isaac Newton Square in Reston, Va., was once the epicenter of a new strain of Ebola.
October 21, 2015 Geckos' sticky secret? They hang by toe hairs Geckos are famous for their ability to scale vertical walls and even hang upside down, and now scientists understand more about how the expert climbers can pull off these gravity-defying feats: Geckos can quickly turn the stickiness of their feet on and off, a new study finds
October 21, 2015 Ebola bomb: Possible, but not so easy to make If some worst-case scenarios are to be believed, then terrorist groups could use the recent outbreak of Ebola in Africa to their advantage.
October 21, 2015 Otzi 'the Iceman' had heart disease genes Otzi the Iceman, a well-preserved mummy discovered in the Alps, may have had a genetic predisposition to heart disease, new research suggests.
October 21, 2015 Giant Rubik’s Cube floats on Hudson to celebrate creator's birthday New Yorkers were treated to the surreal sight of a giant Rubik’s cube floating on the Hudson river on Friday.
October 21, 2015 Scientists find cosmic ripples from birth of universe Astronomers have found the first direct evidence of cosmic inflation, the theorized dramatic expansion of the universe that put the "bang" in the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, new research suggests.
October 21, 2015 Mantis shrimp see colors like no other creatue New research finds that the aggressive mantis shrimp is weird in a strange way: They see color like no other animal on the planet.
October 21, 2015 Ask a science teacher: What makes ice float? Why is ice, which is water in solid form, lighter than water in its liquid form? Something must be happening to water when it freezes.
October 21, 2015 Ask a science teacher: What makes the colors in fireworks? There is much chemistry and physics in fireworks; the color of fireworks, for one thing, is all in the chemicals. Your basic fireworks have been around for hundreds of years.
