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Food & Drink 13 hours ago

The future of high-tech meat substitutes

Today's average American hamburger comes from a cow 鈥� but it may not be long before it comes straight from a lab in Silicon Valley.

Food & Drink 13 hours ago

Eating bugs may be on the rise, but artful preparation is still required

Insect meat is on the rise. It鈥檚 an inexpensive source of low-fat, high-quality, vitamin-and-mineral-packed protein, so it鈥檚 unsurprisingly popular in developing countries.

Science 13 hours ago

Lies breed lies: Brain may get desensitized to dishonesty

Dishonesty is a slippery slope: If you behave dishonestly once, you may become more likely to do so again in the future, a new study from England shows.

Science 13 hours ago

Scientists detect evidence of extinct human cousin in modern DNA

The genetic codes of people living in a region of the Pacific called Melanesia have given researchers a clue: their DNA suggests the presence of an extinct hominid ancestor.

Science 13 hours ago

Why mice are nature's jet engines

Wondering what animal might have the most in common with a jet engine?

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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.

U.S. 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

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

Science 13 hours ago

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鈥檚 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.

Science 13 hours ago

Scientists look to re-animate ancient, giant 'Frankenvirus' found in Siberia

It鈥檚 alive! Or that鈥檚 what scientists might say when they reanimate the so-called 鈥渇rankenvirus,鈥� a 30,000-year-old giant virus that was discovered in Siberia. The French researchers behind the find 鈥� published this week in PNAS, the journal from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences 鈥� warn that climate change could reawaken dangerous microscopic pathogens, reports Agence France-Presse.

Science 13 hours ago

What your brain really sees when it looks at 鈥榯he dress鈥�: A neuroscientist explains

It鈥檚 the question on everyone鈥檚 lips 鈥� just what color is that dress? White and gold or blue and black? Well, we know what Kim Kardashian thinks. Now it鈥檚 science鈥檚 turn to enter the Internet battle raging over the actual color of a 21-year old Scottish woman鈥檚 dress.

Science 13 hours ago

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

Science 13 hours ago

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.

Science 13 hours ago

Ever wake up and think you see a ghost? Here's what's happening

It was an ordinary night, but Salma, a 20-year-old student at The American University in Cairo, had a particularly frightening experience.

Science 13 hours ago

'Pop-Up' 3D structures can mimic brain circuits

By mimicking children's pop-up books, scientists can now make complex microscopic 3D shapes that model brain circuitry and blood vessels, researchers say

Science 13 hours ago

Why Neanderthals likely fathered few kids with modern humans

Humans today often carry around a small chunk of DNA from Neanderthals, suggesting we interbred with our closest known extinct relatives at some point in our history.

Science 13 hours ago

Neanderthal-human trysts may be linked to modern depression, heart disease

Ancient trysts between Neanderthals and modern humans may have influenced modern risks for depression, heart attacks, nicotine addiction, obesity and other health problems, researchers said

Science 13 hours ago

Scientists explain Freddie Mercury's incredible singing voice

An in-depth scientific analysis has studied the distinctive singing voice of Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury.

Health 13 hours ago

Lab-grown skin sweats and sprouts hair

In a lab in Japan, researchers have grown complex skin tissue, complete with hair follicles and sweat glands, according to a new study

Tech 13 hours ago

Cancer drugs to stop bioweapons

Two cancer-combating medicines show potential for protecting U.S. troops and civilians from biological weapon attacks from pathogens like monkeypox.

Science 13 hours ago

Immigrants could cause a superbug apocalypse, scientists warn

Immigrants may import dangerous and potentially lethal superbug strains, a medical journal recently warned -- and robots may hold the answer.

Science 13 hours ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet about 'painful' animal sex sparks scorn

Neil deGrasse Tyson鈥檚 recent tweet about 鈥榩ainful鈥� animal sex has sparked criticism, with experts questioning his grasp of biology.

Science 13 hours ago

Dodos were quite intelligent, study says

Is it possible that the dodo bird has been unfairly affiliated with stupidity all this time? New research released by the American Museum of Natural History says signs point to 鈥測es.鈥�