V is for Verisimilitude

IBM working with DARPA to produce a chip that processes information like a human brain

350 new animal species found in Himalayan wilderness

A brief story about sleep paralysis and waking nightmares

A list of some of the stranger projects explored by NASA’s now-defunct Institute for Advanced Concepts

Self-assembling DNA builds nano-machine parts

Armor that repels rocket powered grenades and it made out of… cloth?!

“Ten things we don’t know about humans” (Click the links to expand each section)

“Nine ways carbon nano-tubes may rock the world”

Some cool photos of deep-sea animals that emit their own light

Underwater photos of crinoids

Scientists discover moray eels have second set of “Alien”-style jaws

Anthrax bacteria get help from viruses and worms

Jatropha fruit could be a “biofuel wonder plant”

Rocks that rock – great photos of some cool rock formations

Giant carnivorous plants that can eat rats.

Parasitic fungus that turns ants into zombie