Engineering the $325,000 In Vitro Burger

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/science/engineering-the-325000-in-vitro-burger.html?ref=science

Dr. Mark Post displayed samples of in-vitro meat at the University of Maastricht in 2011.                            

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Math Electric Shocks to Brain May Help Students Solve Math Problems

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/16/electric-shocks-brain-maths-scientists

Scientists at Oxford University said brain stimulation could be routinely used to help those who fall behind in maths. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

Honey's Hidden Helper

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/scientists-identify-a-substance-in-honey-that-helps-bee-bodies-fight-poisons/

A new study identified compounds in honey that help bees fight off germs. 

Credit: Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

Light Dancing on Glass

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/new-type-of-material-lets-light-travel-across-its-surface-without-interruption/

This image, taken with a powerful microscope, shows tiny, individual crystals of bismuth telluride. A new structure made from this material lets light travel easily and without interruption along its surface. 

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American Cannibals

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/skull-fragment-from-jamestown-settlement-suggests-starving-colonists-may-have-eaten-one-of-their-own/

Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. 

Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Pee is for Power!

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/the-water-in-urine-can-be-a-source-of-hydrogen-for-electrical-generators/

Adebola Duro-Aina (left), Oluwatoyin Faleke (center) and Zainab Bello (right) designed a system that uses urine to produce a fuel. Generators that run on this fuel, rather than gasoline, would avoid spewing carbon monoxide, a toxic pollutant. 

Credit: Patrick Thornton, SSP

Here Comes Swarmageddon!

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/05/this-spring-and-summer-trillions-of-cicadas-will-emerge-in-the-eastern-united-states/

Two adult cicadas size each other up on a wooden railing. 

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Water Trapped For 1.5 Billion Years Could Hold Ancient Life

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/16/183950854/water-trapped-for-1-5-billion-years-could-hold-ancient-life?ft=3&f=1001&sc=nl&cc=nh-20130516

This map, from the United States Geological Survey, shows the age of bedrock in different regions of North America. Scientists found ancient water in bedrock north of Lake Superior. This region, colored red, was formed more than 2.5 billion years ago.

Credit: United States Geological Survey