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12 March 2016

Newly discovered plastic-eating bacterium can break down PET

abc.net.au

Penguin travels over 8,000 km every year to visit man who rescued him

cbc.ca

11 March 2016

Shipwrecks, Tree Rings Reveal Caribbean Hurricanes

uanews.arizona.edu

10 March 2016

‘Gum leaf skeletoniser’ caterpillar wears a hat made of its own discarded head casings.

bbc.com

Meet Brian: the ‘surfing’ spider that rides waves to hunt prey

telegraph.co.uk

Psychology’s popular theory of “ego depletion” may have been discredited in recent study.

slate.com

Autonomous vehicles may one day be magnetically levitated over spherical tires.

bbc.com

09 March 2016

Vietnam twins found to have different fathers in rare case

bbc.com

First tomatoes, peas harvested from mock Martian farm.

upi.com

Japanese bird species provides the first example of non-human syntax

redorbit.com

Scientists think they now know why planet Mercury’s surface is so dark.

cbc.ca

The sound that strikes fear into a raccoon’s heart

thestar.com

Study: Leaked data reveals correlation between Ashley Madison users and corporate ethics.

thestar.com

08 March 2016

Man-made noise prompting songbirds to change timing of dawn chorus

telegraph.co.uk

07 March 2016

Scientists Trying To Clone Ice Age Cave Lion

news.sky.com

Study: Eating peanut products as a baby linked to lower peanut allergies in adulthood.

bbc.com

04 March 2016

Scientists develop very early stage human stem cell lines for first time

cam.ac.uk

The gruesome price birds in the Everglades pay for using alligators as bodyguards

washingtonpost.com

Scientists gear up to drill into ‘ground zero’ of the impact that killed the dinosaurs

sciencemag.org

Archaeologists discover a former Anglo-Saxon island in a dry field in Lincolnshire, England.

lincolnshireecho.co.uk

Hubble astronomers spot record distant galaxy from early cosmos

cbc.ca

03 March 2016

Citizen scientists reveal tales of tragedy unearthed from centuries-old rubbish dump

independent.co.uk

Study: Learning about struggles of famous scientists may help students succeed in science

sciencedaily.com

Using public Instagram images to identify and study ‘food deserts’

theatlantic.com

‘Baby Hands’ in Cave Paintings May Actually Belong to Lizards

news.nationalgeographic.com

“A load of old rot”: fossil of oldest known land-dweller identified

cam.ac.uk

Using math equations to predict terrorist attacks and other crimes.

washingtonpost.com

02 March 2016

Inner Earth Is Teeming With Exotic Forms of Life

smithsonianmag.com

Data viz: Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines

graphics.wsj.com

“By the time you read this, I’ll be dead”

torontolife.com

Google says it bears some responsibility for first accident caused by self-driving car

mashable.com

01 March 2016

Image: A medieval-style map of Mars

tabletopwhale.com

Exquisitely detailed 520 million-year-old fossil shows individual nerves

washingtonpost.com

How our ancestors drilled rotten teeth

bbc.com

29 February 2016

CRISPR-like ‘immune’ system discovered in giant virus

nature.com

Wild gorillas compose happy ‘songs’ that they hum during meals

newscientist.com

Gallery: Photo pairs combined using neural networks

imgur.com

Video: A digital recreation of ancient Rome

youtube.com

26 February 2016

Physicists May Have Discovered a New “Tetraquark” Particle

scientificamerican.com

25 February 2016

Astronomers finally find source of mysterious Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs)

washingtonpost.com

Video: Closeup slow-mo of a match lighting.

youtube.com

24 February 2016

Culture shapes how leaders smile, Stanford research shows

news.stanford.edu

23 February 2016

Audio: Space Jam: Four astronomers discussing interesting things about outer space.

abc.net.au

E. B. White’s 1948 essay ‘Death of a Pig’

theatlantic.com

22 February 2016

Monstrous fossils ‘were armadillos’, says DNA evidence

bbc.com

Two Naked Mole Rats, Seemingly Immune to Cancer, Got Cancer

nytimes.com

The man who made ‘the worst video game in history’

bbc.com

20 February 2016

Recent studies suggest the primary driver of the Cambrian explosion was rise of predators.

nature.com

Video: Ice stacking on Lake Superior

youtube.com

Take a virtual tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

mnh.si.edu

19 February 2016

Marooned Among the Polar Bears

popularmechanics.com

18 February 2016

Mantis shrimp evolved polarizers to communicate in private

bristol.ac.uk

Neanderthal woman with human DNA reveals mysterious ancient migration

cbc.ca

When to stop dating and settle down, according to math

washingtonpost.com

17 February 2016

Video: A chess Grandmaster plays against a chess hustler in Washington Square Park.

youtube.com

How astronomers are using transit spectroscopy to learn more about exoplanets’ atmospheres.

nature.com

Documentary video: The Brain with David Eagleman: What Is Reality?

youtube.com

16 February 2016

Espionage Techniques of Seventeenth-Century Women

nwo.nl

London’s Big Dig Reveals Amazing Layers of History

ngm.nationalgeographic.com

Image: Pablo Picasso’s self-portrait at age 16 versus another at age 72.

i.imgur.com

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