A devastating profile of quackery-monger Dr. Oz by Michael Specter, who lets him hang himself by speaking.

Fascinating – Dan Vergano got his hands on the reviews for the infamous Arseniclife paper!

“If all your friends jumped off a bridge…”

The curious case of the disappearing homing pigeons, by Becca Rosen

Darwin loved pigeons, and they’re still teaching us about evolution. Carl Zimmer reports.

“I think I’m one of the few people,” she said, “who have taken the rectal temperature of a grizzly bear.” A great NYT profile of the awesome Hopi Hoekstra

How scientists scared a woman who could not experience fear.

Ever wonder how owls can turn their heads all the way around?

Great Virginia Hughes post on