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Seven days, lots of science in the news. Here’s our roundup of some of the week’s most notable and quotable items.
Pluto’s five moons are orbiting the dwarf planet much more chaotically than originally thought—in fact, on the moon Nix, the sun might rise in the east and set in the north throughout the course of a day.
Smalltooth sawfish can reproduce without sex, the first evidence of vertebrates in the wild with that ability.
Scientists discovered what’s causing Greenland’s meltwater lakes to vanish: vertical shafts in the ice sheet that drain water.
A new study published this week in the journal Nature finds that the brain and the lymphatic system are connected in a way that goes against decades of scientific understanding.
Newly discovered dinosaur Regaliceratops peterhewsi, a cousin to the more familiar Triceratops, once bore a crown-like headpiece that weighed 592 pounds.
Preclinical experiments in mice show that the antidepressant Zoloft and the heart medication Vascor may be effective against Ebola.
Your cat might be a picky eater because of how he experiences bitter tastes differently from humans.
Eating your placenta is a hot trend among some moms, but a new study casts doubt on whether there are any actual benefits to it.
Researchers claim that a new blood test can reveal traces of every virus that has ever infected you.
Tiny nanospirals of gold, six million times smaller than a dime, could prove to be a key ingredient in making identity cards and currency impossible to counterfeit.
Chimpanzees can cook when presented with simple cooking device, and prefer cooked foods to raw.
Image: NASA
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