[Discovery Channel]
A humble single-celled creature, the grape-sized Gromia sphaerica, is poised to revolutionize our understanding of how complex life evolved on Earth.

[NewScientist]
Courtney Miller and David Sweatt of the University of Alabama in Birmingham say that long-term memories may be preserved by a process called DNA methylation—the addition of chemical caps called methyl groups onto our DNA.

[Future of Gadgets]
New nano-fabric allows you to dunk clothes in water without getting them wet.

[ScienceDaily]
Female flies can turn back the biological clock and extend their lifespan at the same time, University of Southern California biologists report.

[BBC News]
A method of producing synthetic diamonds using tequila has been discovered.

[engadget]
Oblong's g-speak: the Minority Report OS brought to life.

[New Scientist]
Two-thirds of the kingdom of minerals—the building blocks of rocks—can be traced to the emergence of life, say geologists.

[The New York Times]
Video of the aurora borealis made from space.

[Scientific American]
The brain can store a vast number of memories, so why can't we find these memories when we need to?

[AFTAU]
Using carbon dioxide lasers to seal wounds inside the body and out with a technique known as “laser welding,” a team of Tel Aviv University researchers have perfected a new device to heat body tissue in a precisely controlled manner.

[CleanTechnica]
This is the only organism that has ever been shown to produce such an important combination of fuel substances, said Gary Strobel from Montana State University. The fungus can even make these diesel compounds from cellulose, which would make it a better source of biofuel than anything we use at the moment.

[NASA]
During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million miles away. Tons of high-energy particles may flow through the opening before it closes again, around the time you reach the end of the page. It's called a flux transfer event or "FTE," says space physicist David Sibeck of the Goddard Space Flight Center. Ten years ago I was pretty sure they didn't exist, but now the evidence is incontrovertible.

[NewScientist]
The average person's hands probably carry at least 3000 different bacteria belonging to more than 100 species. This startling cornucopia may make it possible to tell which objects have been touched by someone, just by looking at the bacteria left behind.

[PhysOrg.com]
Johns Hopkins researchers have found strong evidence supporting the view that the sleeping mind functions the same as the waking mind, a discovery that could significantly alter basic understanding of the normal and abnormal brain.

[MarketWatch]
Large technology companies including Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. won a years-long, intensive lobbying battle with television broadcasters and telecom companies on Tuesday when the Federal Communications Commission voted to authorize the unlicensed use of so-called "white spaces" spectrum.

[DVICE]
NASA finalizing Interplanetary Internet, a future-proof communications web for space.

[Discover]
Why Darwin would have loved Botox.