All Stories by Cristy Gelling
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Science & SocietyHumans’ living creations put on display
The Center for PostNatural History, a museum that opened in 2012, features Freckles and other organisms altered by humans.
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Life
Bacteria can cause pain on their own
Microbes caused discomfort in mice by activating nerves, not the immune system.
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Health & Medicine
Gut-brain communication failure may spur overeating
Restoring a depleted molecule in obese mice repaired their abnormal response to food.
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Tech
Online ‘likes’ multiply themselves
Social media users swayed by previous ratings, researchers find when they randomly assign positive and negative votes.
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Science & SocietyHeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature
The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.
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LifeEvolution of mammalian monogamy remains mysterious
Two large studies reach opposing conclusions about why males stay with females.
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Health & Medicine
Full moon may mean less sleep
Slumber waxes and wanes along with lunar rhythm, researchers find with people sleeping in windowless lab.
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LifeSize isn’t only mystery of huge virus
A strange replication method and an unusual genetic sequence are among the mysteries of the outsized Pandoravirus.
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Tech
Surgical tool smokes out cancer in seconds
Sniffing for telltale molecules, method analyzes tissue with every cut.
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