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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

Proving Einstein wrong with 'spooky' quantum experiment

Quantum mechanics is one of the best-tested theories in science, and it's one of the few where physicists get to do experiments proving that Einstein was wrong

May 2, 2016

Scientists create new synthetic ‘chameleon skin’ that changes color on demand

Taking a cue from a certain color-shifting lizard, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have created a new super-thin material that can change color on demand. 

May 2, 2016

Santa Barbara Zoo welcomes new baby giraffe Asha

The Santa Barbara Zoo welcomed a new addition to its giraffe herd over the weekend with the birth of Asha, a 6-foot-4-inches tall, 182-pound calf. The tall baby was born March 14 at 4:55 a.m. ET, and met fellow calf, Buttercup, a male that was born in November, the following day.

May 2, 2016

'America's great migration:' Thousands of cranes meet along Nebraska river

Right now, visitors from around the world are flocking to the banks of the Platte River near Kearney, Neb. to see what Bill Taddicken, director of the Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary, calls “one of the last great migrations remaining” on Earth. From March through early April, about 600,000 sandhill cranes — nearly 90 percent of the world’s total sandhill population – will make a stop at the Nebraskan river, something of a pit stop on the “Central Flyway,” their path to breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska, and as far away as Siberia.

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

Warp in space-time swallows pulsar

Astronomers have watched a pulsar some 25,000 light-years from Earth slip from view, swallowed by a warp in the fabric of spacetime.

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

Map reveals ghostly antineutrinos lurking within Earth

A look inside of Earth has revealed the hiding places of weird antimatter particles that are nearly massless, resulting in a global map of the planet's so-called antineutrinos

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.