Discovered: A drug-resistant bug's life; a tiny tractor beam; the genetic mutations underlying brain cancer; how kids get hit by cars.
Discovered: We were so close to eradicating TB; a spider with a foot-long legspan; this ancient fish had teeth first; more evidence suggests the moon was formed through a massive Earth collision.
Discovered: Saturn's moon has a damp, spongey surface; creativity strongly correlates with mental illness; the neurons engaged in eye contact; the moon is wetter than we thought.
Discovered: Amateur astronomers find fascinating new planet; mapping Antarctica before it melts away; bigger brains correlate with greater cancer risk; shocking pants prevent bedsores.
Discovered: Martian rock has cousins on Earth; history of rejection brings increased attention to research; X-raying illuminated manuscripts; upsetting news affects men and women differently.
Discovered: There's an app for keeping tabs on the spread of malaria; strange extracts from a Martian meteorite; tomatoes reduce stroke risk; stem cells fight deadly brain condition.
Discovered: DNA half-life makes Jurassic Park impossible; legalizing assisted suicide doesn't make everyone want to die; look at this venomous blue-ringed octopus; cellular findings earn Nobel.
Discovered: The quantum study that upset the Higgs; computing by waving a gloveless hand; crash dummies that better represent women; how music tastes are formed.
Discovered: A shot that reduces double chins; sleeping brains act like they're trying to remember something; research à la carte; a dizzying earthquake simulation machine.
Discovered: Caltech tops research university ranking again; coffee's connection to glaucoma; Curiosity scoops Martian sand; methadone reduces needle transmission of HIV.
Discovered: A whole new type of lab mouse; black mamba venom dulls pain better than morphine; drilling deep into the Earth; microbial diversity turned into jazz.
Discovered: Vitamin D supplements won't prevent infections; desire to be skinny could be hardwired; a virus that makes you fat but staves off diabetes; and new dinosaur!
Discovered: Nice baboons outlive mean ones; teens still drinking, but more responsibly; undecided voters 20 percent less likely to vote for Obama due to race; toddlers and the scientific method.
Discovered: Botox lifts faces and moods; papers retracted due to fraud more often than error; climate change could decimate fish; African salmonella outbreak connected to HIV.
Discovered: The smoking maggot; closing the 405 freeway in Los Angeles reduced pollution; measuring the edge of a black hole; benzodiazepines connected with dementia.
Discovered: Republican women have more "feminine" features; some evidence for Mars' watery past; element 113 is synthesized; how the brightest stellar event ever recorded happened.
Discovered: Scientists control feeble worm brains with lasers; the earth shook for six days after April's Indian Ocean quake; a view into deep space; vampire squids are gross.
Discovered: Pediatricians warn of trampoline's dangers; a treatment for progeria; virus touted as cure for pimples; research universities in financial straits.
Discovered: Korean eunuchs outlived endowed peers; uncertainty lingers about Omega-3 pills; sexism in science; sustained thought kills cooperation.
Discovered: the Orion Nebula doesn't have that many stars; naked mole-rats are ugly because of evolution; recapping the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony; doctors wary of drug company findings.
Discovered: FedEx and UPS won't ship research animals anymore; marijuana may slow aggressive cancer; smoking doesn't come cheap in New York; why rats binge on M&Ms.
Discovered: BPA causes concern; thin people often less healthy than fat peers; Neandertals accessorized with feathers; baby boys shouldn't be given pacifiers.
Discovered: superstitious people don't work out; the unit for measuring space just got longer; kids consume adult levels of sodium; warp drive may be possible.
Discovered: The genes behind faces; an even closer look at molecules; job-related stress is killing us; this is your brain in isolation.
Discovered: Exercise counterintuitively reduces hunger; killer whales moms are mom enough; sexual arousal makes people do gross things; a newly discovered monkey stares deep into your soul.
Discovered: remote-control cockroaches; female snakes that don't need a partner to reproduce; anti-obesity campaigns engender stigma; deaf gerbils given stem cell transplants hear.
Discovered: Evidence ancient Mars was dry; short kids depress moms; swine flu mutation; creating artificial memories in rat brain tissue is still a long way off from Total Recall.
Discovered: Planets that could sustain life; the shiniest fruit; non-alcoholic wine defeats the purpose but bestows health benefits; weed linked to testicular cancer.
Discovered: Uncertainties about the uncertainty principle; seals hunt for glowing fish; Kinsey Institute app concerns lawyers; deserts in danger.
Discovered: Dads who snooze with baby have lower testosterone; popular kids are more likely light up; reruns boost mental health; is acupuncture safe?
Discovered: The functions of 'junk' DNA; time slows for athletes; tigers go nocturnal to live alongside humans; and, no, we can't see the future.
Discovered: looking at violent images is unhealthy; a smart carpet; the gene that could be responsible for Internet addiction; infrared camera finds public drunks.
Discovered: Troubled kids more likely to become addicts; reconstructed human relative; fallible robots are better teachers; glass shape affects alcohol consumption.
Discovered: Few people experience information overload; signing forms at top deters liars; mysterious disease detected in Missouri farmers; mite poop causes rosacea.
Discovered: Antarctic ice methane could hasten global warming; tuning an instrument also tunes the brain; NASA survey finds millions of potential black holes; low-cal diets don't improve lifespan.
Discovered: Circadian clocks; separating oil from water; hi-res images from Mars; tissue that's half-living, half-machine.
Discovered: Chimps pick their fights; marijuana damages young minds; learn while sleeping; arctic sea ice takes a dive.
Discovered: A new forensic process that predicts perps' phenotypes; the secrets of slime mold; stem cell research upheld; the universe is like a milkshake.
Discovered: slugs have violent sex; as men age, they're more likely to conceive autistic children; your boss is more productive than you; a very old, very strange star.
Discovered: early risers are healthier than night owls; robots take one more step toward self-awareness; antibiotics expand our waistlines; octopi are conscious.
Discovered: A gene that makes teens easily persuadable; the evolution of fireflies; NASA announces new Mars mission; the Mayans may have brought on their own demise.
Discovered: Wearable "smoke"; aphids convert sunlight into energy; "bigfoot" spider found; pro-ana blogging can be a support network.
Discovered: Two new owls; tobacco use still hugely prevalent in developing world; microthrusters pack macro power; panfried meat linked to prostate cancer.
Discovered: A camouflage robot; judges give shorter sentences when they believe in the science behind psychopathy; a contraceptive pill for men; developing 3D printers for test-tube meat.
Discovered: A record-breaking galaxy cluster; how squids change hue; the way our brains deal with waste; engineering better toilets.
Discovered: Large Hadron Collider produces the hottest matter ever; female ADHD sufferers are more prone to self-harm; a snake affliction identified; hide beetles get turned on by death.
Discovered: Genetically "upgraded" fruit flies; mummification was invented during heavy rainfall; egg yolks speed atherosclerosis almost as much as cigarettes; dark matter detected in our galaxy.
Discovered: Mars exhibits signs of plate tectonics; the natural form of a recently developed substance came from space; bacteria makes drinking water healthier; circuits at your fingertips.
Discovered: Stressed out men prefer bigger women; plumbing the brain's stem cells; the male sandpiper skips sleep in favor of sex; microbes could help sewage treatment power itself.
Discovered: Space, brought to you in 3D; thin diabetics worse off than overweight ones; for some women, giving birth is a traumatic event; Nipah virus can be prevented in monkeys.
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