SN Online Animals SN Online Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Science News June 17, 2011 at 10:08 am P.-G. Bentz SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC BLOG Sound science is lacking for many alternative remedies. See “Traditional Chinese medicine: Big questions.” LIFE Microbes flourish, maybe at the expense of fish, during jellyfish blooms. See “Marine microbes fritter away jelly bonus“ Larger broods bring more stress for a tree swallow mom (below, with mate), but also more fledglings. See “Stressed bird moms.” Subscribe to Science News Get great science journalism, from the most trusted source, delivered to your doorstep. Subscribe MATTER & ENERGY Researchers turn virtual particles into real photons. Read “Light created from the void.”