Biology
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Live in the Hudson River
A piece of news that might keep you out of the water: researchers recently found antibiotic resistant bacteria
In Bacon Therapy, the Meat Isn’t for You: It’s for the Bugs Eating Your Skin
Bacon therapy might sound like an awesome thing. It is not
Nobel Prize Winners Are Put to the Task of Drawing Their Discoveries
Volker Steger photographs Nobel laureates posing with sketches of their breakthrough findings
An English Town Had to Dye This Beautiful Lagoon Black to Get People to Stop Swimming in It
The lagoon is so blue it attracts visitors from all over. The problem is that the lagoon is incredibly toxic.
The Macabre Beauty of Medical Photographs
An artist-scientist duo shares nearly 100 images of modern art with a ghastly twist—they're all close-ups of human diseases and other ailments
What’s Killing Florida’s Manatees This Time?
What's behind the mysterious deaths of more than a hundred of Florida's manatees?
Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
Twenty-four feet tall and three feet wide, these giant spires dotted the ancient landscape
Instead of Being Protected, Antarctica’s Oceans Will Be Open for Fishing
A plan to protect millions of acres of Antarctic ocean was temporarily killed in a meeting yesterday
Dogs Have Terrible Eyesight: See for Yourself
Red--green color blind and with awful, awful vision. Life for a dog is kind of a blurry mess
Ancient Dinosaur Birds Were Infected With Hepatitis B
82 million years ago hepatitis B infected birds
Thousands of Species Found in a Lake Cut Off From the World for Millions of Years
Cut off for maybe as much as 15 million years, Antarctica's Lake Vostok seems to be full of life
China’s Massive Algae Bloom Could Leave the Ocean’s Water Lifeless
The beaches of Qingdao, China, are covered in algae, but marine life may be faring worse than the swimmers
Museum to Preserve Lonesome George, in All His Lonesomeness, Forever
There are no other Pinta Island tortoises preserved anywhere else in the world, so George will be alone forever
These Bright Webs Depict Flight Patterns Around Major Airports
Software engineer Alexey Papulovskiy has built Contrailz, a site that generates visuals of flight data over cities around the world
CSI: Italian Renaissance
Inside a lab in Pisa, forensics pathologist Gino Fornaciari and his team investigate 500-year-old cold cases
The Rise of the Multi-Talented Adult Stem Cell
A new type of cell could lead to dramatic cures—and avoid ethical controversy
Summer Reads: Zombie Science, the American Revolution and Travels Across Italy
Looking for a good book? We’ve got some suggestions
It’s a Green, Green, Green, Green World
NASA and NOAA release satellite images of Earth and all its vegetation
Mouse Cloned From Its Parent’s Blood
White blood cells flowing in its parents blood provided the genetic material needed to clone
Fin Whale Unsure Whether It Wubs Dubstep Remix of Its Conversation
Fin whale calls can be detected by seismic networks, and because this is the internet, there is obviously a remix
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