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A fungus named after Sir David Attenborough zombifies cave spiders

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​science news​​​ By McKenzie Prillaman     A newly discovered fungus — named after naturalist Sir David Attenborough — transforms cave spiders into zombies. The species (Gibellula →

Cuttlefish ink may overwhelm sharks’ sense of smell

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​science news​​​ By McKenzie Prillaman     A plume of ink can help hide a cuttlefish as it scuttles away from a predator. But that smoke screen’s stench may also warn sharks to →

The best way to cook an egg — in 32 minutes

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​science news​​​ By Bethany Brookshire     When egg prices are hard-boiling your temper, it’s important to make sure that each egg you make is the best it can possibly be. But →

Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating

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​science news​​​ By Emily Conover     A century ago, science went quantum. To celebrate, physicists are throwing a global, year-long party.     In 1925, →

Scratching an itch is so good, and so bad

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​science news​​​ By Laura Sanders     Scratching an itch can bring a contradictory wave of pleasure and misery. A mouse study on scratching, reported in the Jan. 31 Science, →

How childhood trauma impacts our brains, bodies – and even our genes

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​conversation​​​ by  Macià Buades Rotger     In 1966, Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu introduced extreme policies to increase the country’s birth rate. This led to the →

Cricket frogs belly flop their way across water

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science news​​​​ By McKenzie Prillaman     Cricket frogs can’t walk (or hop) on water like once thought.     Their bodies sink below the surface between →

66-million-year-old vomit fossil discovered in Denmark

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​nbc news​​​ By Terry Dickerson     Some discoveries are hard to stomach — literally.     A quirky and fascinating addition to Denmark’s natural history has →

A cosmic ‘Platypus’ might link two astronomical mysteries

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​science news​​​ By Lisa Grossman     NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — A bright blip in a distant galaxy may link two mysterious categories of cosmic flares. The event, which astronomers →

Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from WHO. Here’s what that means

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​science news​​​ By Meghan Rosen     For the second time, President Donald Trump has announced plans to pull the plug on U.S. support for the World Health Organization. The global →

Cigarettes with less nicotine may help some smokers quit

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​science news​​​ By Aimee Cunningham     If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move away from these deadly products. →

A crumbling exoplanet spills its guts

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​science news​​​ By Lisa Grossman       NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — For the first time, astronomers have taken a direct look at an exoplanet’s insides. →

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