Amazing, heartbreaking story with graphic pics of dolphins being killed & used as bait for sharks for the fin soup trade

A Nature investigation finds that patients in Texas are receiving unproven stem-cell treatments

“Everything in my head finally shut the fuck up.” An awesome piece in which Sally Adee takes electricity to the head

Say goodbye to a taboo illness that kills a million babies a year

The greatest invention of all time: a gun capable of stopping speakers in mid-sentence. Er, non-fatally.

The many ways you can pretend to be an astronaut, by Alexis Madrigal

How many neurons in human brain? Billions fewer than we thought. Originally via the NeuroPod podcast

New research on the origin