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Researchers Stabbed Slabs of Meat With Cacti Spines to Learn About Puncture Strength

But the researchers ... A single cholla spine exerts enough force to lift a half-pound pork shoulder (L. Brian Stauffer) Jennifer Leman of Science News writes that the team gauged each cactus species’ ... read more

Nanogirl Michelle Dickinson: The secret structure of cactus spines

Convenience, however, can come at a cost and anybody that has been pricked by a cactus spine knows how painful and difficult to remove they are. Some spines are easier to remove than others and new ... read more

The first chapter of a novel. A writer who can't stand criticism rages against reality.

I memorized all her stories, I kept all her secrets, and I know that her best work ... And if not, for sharing a name with the only person who could unravel her best creation. It was inconceivable. ... read more

The 25 scariest horror films of all time

Our rundown of the most spine-chilling, heart-leaping and just plain creepy scare ... as two men chained by the legs in a dilapidated bathroom raced to unravel the connection between them before the ... read more

Field Notes: Fool's Gold

You want to hear about the treasure's secrets?" said Andrës Fernžndez-Salvador the day ... when a British botanist named Richard Spruce arrived in Ecuador. His research, published as Notes of a ... read more

A Single Spine From This Cactus Can Lift a Half-Pound Slab of Pork

The spines of the jumping cholla ... to Crofts as a natural subject for her research. Despite its name, the jumping cholla won’t actually leap out and attack you. But brush up against one, a segment ... read more

General anaesthetic for over 65s 'raises risk of dementia by 35 per cent'

‘Understanding these risk factors is vital, but research into dementia remains poorly funded compared to other diseases. We need to see sustained funding to unravel the full complexity of this ... read more

Orphan Black Season 1 Finale Review: Same, Same But Different

But I think I'd rather be stabbed in the stomach by a wildling clone than ... they didn't seem to get any closer to Sarah's secret. And so Orphan Black ends its stellar first season with Kira likely ... read more

These 2,000-Year-Old Needles, Still Sharp, Are the Oldest Tattooing Instruments Found in the Southwestern U.S.

A pair of cactus spines stained with black ink and bound together with ... a 5,300-year-old mummy found in the Italian Alps—it does offer researchers a convincing argument for tattooing’s prevalence ... read more

Tucson will host drug trial for treatment of valley fever

“If you only think this is an occasional disease of the lungs, you don’t understand,” Schweikert said, describing the case of a young man he met who could barely sit up because valley fever had gone ... read more

A final word on Marshall’s comments

If Chicago columnists and national NFL analyst types thought Jay Cutler behaved poorly in a press conference setting, they should probably take a look at the 1 minute, 40 second group interview ... read more

Rest is NOT good for a brain injury, Columbia University study finds

The study marks an important step in the research team's multi-year effort to unravel the workings of the brain's cerebral cortex. It is the largest region of the mammalian brain and plays a key role ... read more