Number 8: One species may be immortal. It can play its lifecycle in reverse, transforming from an adult medusa back to an immature polyp
UPDATED: How Humans Cause Earthquakes
Fracking is just the latest cause to make the news for its link to quakes
Glaucus Atlanticus: Science Picture of the Week
Atlanticus Pokemon, er, Sea Slug: What is this far-fetched ocean creature and why is it so poisonous?
High and Inside: Morality and Revenge in Baseball
Does beaning in baseball represent an ethical holdover from our earlier days of family feuds and a culture of honor?
Google Goggles Aim to Augment Reality
The internet giant’s newest innovation is a wearable computing device that projects data right in front of our eyes
A new study indicates that daydreamers are better at remembering information in the face of distraction
Picture of the Week: A Deep View of the Universe
A new survey of a slice of the distant reaches of the universe reveals 200,000 galaxies
Is the Future of Journalism Computerized?
New artificial intelligence programs can analyze data sets to produce news articles that mimic the human voice
NASA Spacecraft Samples a Snowing Moon
Saturn’s Enceladus is spurting water vapor, organic material and salt—a microbe-friendly composition
The Camera That Can See Around Walls
A new device uses laser pulses to create 3-D images of areas beyond its line of sight
I have glimpsed the future. And it is teeming with creepy crawly cyborgs
The Sawfish is a Great Slasher
This ray uses its toothed rostrum not only to detect its next meal, but also to attack and impale its prey
The Gray Wolf: The Great Lakes’ Comeback Kid
How do scientists know how many wolves are out there? Listen to how they howl, and then count how many wolves howl back
Using Space Satellites to Spot Ancient Cities
Computer analysis of satellite imagery has revealed what could be a record number of archaeological sites
Bizarre Bee-havior in the Battle Against the Giant Hornet
To protect their hive from an invading hornet, Asian honeybees gang up and surround it, forming a “hot defensive bee ball”
An astrophysicist and an economist want to fix our clocks and our calendars
How Well Do We Really Remember A Crime Scene?
A new study shows that our ability to recall details is severely impaired after physical exertion
Mysterious Exploding Foam is Bursting Barns
One explosion raised a barn roof several feet in the air and blew the hog farmer 30 or 40 feet from the door
Clovis People Hunted Canada’s Camels
North American camels went extinct at the end of the last ice age. Were humans partly to blame?
When filming for a 1924 silent Western was finished, the crew members abandoned several of their extras
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