The medical crisis that almost prevented Mary Lou Jepsen from finishing her doctorate degree at Brown University is inspiring her latest venture — developing a cheap, wearable device that uses near-infrared to take a high-resolution look anywhere inside the human body. I profiled. . . Read More

You’d think a nimble stinger and powerful pincers would be enough. But some scorpions have another defensive strategy ­­– hissing. The behavior is not well-studied and few recordings exist. But now scientists have a greater appreciation for the way scorpions produce these sounds,. . . Read More

Technological advancements in artificial intelligence have made smartphones capable of performing myriad tasks for us — but can they, and should they, diagnose disease? In a recent paper, scientists explored some of the issues raised by integrating skin cancer-detecting. . . Read More

One species of tiny arachnid is not only unusually social, it also has a system for meal sharing that puts the young at the head of the table. Pseudoscorpions look like miniature scorpions, minus the stinger at the back end. They are formidable predators of small invertebrates. . . Read More

Even the most fearsome predators can share, if there is enough to go around. Video captured last year by an aerial drone shows two apex predators — tiger sharks and a saltwater crocodile — scavenging a large whale carcass together. In a new paper, scientists analyze the footage,. . . Read More