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Biology October 21, 2015

Mystery of giant eyeball on beach solved

Fish and wildlife officials have pinpointed the likely source of a giant blue eyeball that washed ashore on a Florida beach last week. 

Biology October 21, 2015

In the future, could brain imaging be used as legal evidence?

Brain imaging can already pull bits of information from the minds of willing volunteers in laboratories. What happens when police or lawyers want to use it to pry a key fact from the mind of an unwilling person?

Biology October 21, 2015

Creepy: Peering into spiders' brains without exploding them

The jumping spider, famed for its excellent vision and pouncing skills, has long been an enigma to neurobiologists.

Biology October 21, 2015

How a Virginia suburb became an Ebola epicenter

It’s a little known fact, or perhaps a dark matter best forgotten, but the child care facility on Isaac Newton Square in Reston, Va., was once the epicenter of a new strain of Ebola.

Biology October 21, 2015

Geckos' sticky secret? They hang by toe hairs

Geckos are famous for their ability to scale vertical walls and even hang upside down, and now scientists understand more about how the expert climbers can pull off these gravity-defying feats: Geckos can quickly turn the stickiness of their feet on and off, a new study finds

Biology October 21, 2015

Ebola bomb: Possible, but not so easy to make

If some worst-case scenarios are to be believed, then terrorist groups could use the recent outbreak of Ebola in Africa to their advantage.

Biology October 21, 2015

Mantis shrimp see colors like no other creatue

New research finds that the aggressive mantis shrimp is weird in a strange way: They see color like no other animal on the planet.

Biology October 21, 2015

Genetics breakthrough enables scientists to edit any part of human genome, report claims

A new technique has enabled scientists to engineer parts of the human genome with extreme precision, a breakthrough which could mean new treatment possibilities for maladies such as cancer, HIV, and inherited genetic disorders. 

Biology October 21, 2015

The telltale heartbeat? Head wobble indicates pulse

A new computer program can take someone's pulse without laying a finger on them. It analyzes videos of people trying to hold still and spots a tiny tic that betrays every heartbeat. 

Biology October 21, 2015

Brain cells can outlive the body

Brain cells can live at least twice as long as the organisms in which they reside, according to new research

Biology October 21, 2015

The real story of North Korea's unicorn lair

North Korean state media has reported the discovery of the lair of a unicorn ridden by an ancient Korean king.