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Biology July 21, 2016

New map of the brain reveals areas never identified before

It's not quite the leap from an 18th-century atlas to Google Maps, but it's close.

Biology June 3, 2016

Scientists call for ambitious DNA engineering project

A group of researchers are calling for an ambitious new initiative鈥� constructing long stretches of DNA, perhaps as much as an entire human genome.

Biology May 12, 2016

Scientists find a potential way to erase memories

There are plenty of people who might benefit from intentionally forgetting certain memories鈥攖hose who've been in combat, or suffered some form of abuse, for instance, and consequently struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Biology May 3, 2016

Educators, advocates see increased importance in US STEM education

When it comes to education reform in the United States, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is the term that is usually at the tip of the tongue of every policy maker, teacher, or school advocate. For its detractors, STEM is a buzzword for more standardized tests or a de-emphasis on humanities education. For its proponents, STEM signifies an increased dedication to making American schools globally competitive 鈥� preparing students for a job market that is becoming increasingly more reliant on science and technology skills.

Biology May 2, 2016

High temperatures make some lizards change sexes

When some lizards can鈥檛 take the heat, they change sexes. In a recent study published in Nature, researchers in Australia revealed that rising temperatures are causing male Australian Bearded Dragons to change into females when developing in the egg. Not only that, but they make better mothers, laying more eggs than naturally born females.

Biology May 2, 2016

Baby spiders fall from the sky, cover the ground with 'angel hair' in Australia

Those who suffer from arachnophobia beware. Last week, people in the city of Albury in New South Wales, Australia encountered an eerie sight 鈥� silky webs coated the land, teeming with millions of small baby spiders. The spiders parachuted down from the sky, a process known as 鈥渂allooning,鈥� reports CNET.

Biology May 2, 2016

Art and technology battle autism through MSSNG project

聽On May 6, the typical stylish New York City gallery crowd mingled and gawked at art lining the walls of the Betaworks studio gallery in the city鈥檚 Meatpacking District for The MSSNG Lab, an invitation and one-night-only art installation and auction. What separated this from similar art events in the city? Well, for one thing, biochemist and fine art photographer Linden Gledhill was stationed center stage on a platform staring down a microscope as a screen projection on the wall showed in real-time the microscopic images he was analyzing.

Biology May 2, 2016

Genomics guru dives deep into DNA data

Eric Schadt, director of the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at Mount Sinai in New York was thrust into the tech spotlight last month after launching an Asthma Health app with Apple.

Digging History 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

Biology 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鈥� attention.

Biology 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