Public HealthJune 16, 2016
Calls Escalate for Lifting Blood Donor Ban on Men Who Have Sex with Men
After the Orlando massacre some are suggesting the Food and Drug Administration reconsider its policy
Stories by Mindy Weisberger
Mindy Weisberger is a science writer covering biology, paleontology, climate change and space. She studied film at Columbia University and produced, wrote and directed media for the American Museum of Natural History for more than a decade, creating videos about dinosaurs, astrophysics, biodiversity and evolution that have appeared in museums and science centers worldwide. Her book Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control will be published in the spring of 2025 by Hopkins Press.
EvolutionJune 3, 2016
T. rex May Have Had Lips
A University of Toronto paleontologist suggests the predator's teeth were hidden behind scaly skin when not on the hunt
BiologyMay 24, 2016
Nile Crocodiles Reported in Florida
Study identifies the bigger, meaner species in the wild—and on a Miami porch
The SciencesMarch 1, 2016
Oldest Nervous System Found in 520-Million-Year-Old Fossil
A crustacean-like creature that lived during the Cambrian period left behind a central nerve cord that extended throughout the body, with visible clusters of tissue
BiologyFebruary 19, 2016
Swim Like a Butterfly? Sea Snail 'Flies' Through Water
Tiny sea butterfly flaps its winglike appendages in a figure-eight pattern to propel itself through the ocean
The SciencesFebruary 5, 2016
Tarantula in Black: Dark, Hairy Spider Named After Johnny Cash
Scientists have reclassified the majority of the 55 known tarantula species and added 14 new ones
The SciencesJanuary 30, 2016
Octopuses Are Surprisingly Social--and Confrontational
Posturing and color change among the ways that male and female octopuses frequently communicate, study finds
The SciencesJanuary 1, 2016
Everybody Freeze! The Science of the Polar Bear Club
Intrepid swimmers prepare for a New Year's dip in the unseasonably warm Atlantic
TechnologyDecember 30, 2015
Baghdad Blasts: Earthquake Detectors Map Sounds of War
Seismic equipment installed in Iraq to measure to detect and measure earthquakes could also help emergency responders following mortar attacks and car bombs
Space & PhysicsDecember 29, 2015
"Forgotten" 19th-Century Images of Eclipses, Stars and Planets Found
Tucked away in the basement of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, boxes held hundreds of glass plates imprinted with images of telescope observations, some of which are 120 years old