The Sciences
Leopard Seals Suck Up Dinner
Like whales, this Antarctic predator can strain small prey from the water with sievelike teeth
Stories by Ed Yong
Mind
Psychology Receives Challenge to Clean Up Its Act
Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman wants psychologists who study social priming to restore credibility with open data and by having multiple labs repeat experiments to make sure that results are robust...
Health
Pig Flu Virus Strain Shown to Have Pandemic Potential
A triple reassortment strain of an H1N2 virus, with genes from avian, swine and human flu, has been shown to jump easily via air to mammals
The Sciences
Shark-Tooth Weapons Reveal Lost Biodiversity
Three shark species once found in the central Pacific Ocean are now missing, a study of swords, tridents and other weapons reveals
The Sciences
Artificial Jellyfish Built from Rat Cells
The reverse-engineered life form could be used to test drugs
Health
Biopsies Found to Provide Only a Snapshot of Tumor Diversity
The findings help to explain why cancer is so difficult to study and treat
Evolution
Tame Theory: Did Bonobos Domesticate Themselves?
A new hypothesis holds that the natural selection produced the chimpanzee's nicer cousin in much the same way that humans bred dogs from wolves
The Sciences
The Renaissance Man: How to Become a Scientist Over and Over Again [Video]
Erez Lieberman Aiden is a talkative, witty fellow who will bend your ear on any number of intellectual topics. Just don’t ask him what he does.
