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.
May 2, 2016 Thermal 'invisibility cloak' could keep people cool A new thermal "invisibility cloak" that channels heat around whatever it is trying to hide may one day help keep people and satellites cool, researchers say
May 2, 2016 Stunning 7-mile scale model of the solar system created in Nevada A group of friends has created a stunning 7-mile scale model of the solar system on a dry lakebed in Nevada.
May 2, 2016 Ultrathin 'invisibility cloak' can match any background In the movie "Predator," an alien uses a cloaking device to hide in plain sight, but the effect is far from perfect: The alien's attempt to conceal itself is thwarted by distortions of light bending around it.
May 2, 2016 First magnetic wormhole created in lab Researchers in Spain have created the first–ever magnetic wormhole in a lab. The specially designed sphere is capable of transferring a magnetic field from one location to another via a process that is magnetically undetectable and only visible by light.
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.
