How Has Stephen Hawking Lived to 70 with ALS?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stephen-hawking-als/

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Wily Bacteria Create 'Zombie' Plants

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/wily-bacteria-create-zombie-plants?mode=topic&context=79

Not all zombies look like the walking dead, at least when it comes to plants. Normally, this Arabidopsis plant would sport a wealth of white flowers. But after being infected with bacteria, it makes only leaves and lives to do nothing but help its bacterial master.

JIC Photography

Talking Plants

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/talking-plants/161691

Tomato plants talk to their neighbors to warn of diseases or infestations.

GETTY IMAGES

Scientists Study Biomechanics Behind Amazing Ant Strength

http://www.biomimicrynews.com/research/Scientists_study_biomechanics_behind_amazing_ant_strength.asp

Researchers at The Ohio State University created on Ohio Supercomputer Center systems a 3-D model of an ant to study the biomechanical properties of the neck joint. 

Castro/OSU

The Science Behind Baking Your Ideal Chocolate Chip Cookie

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/09/04/345530660/the-science-behind-baking-your-ideal-chocolate-chip-cookie

             Turns out cookie customization is easier than it seems.

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New Nano-Cages Snag and Hold Gases

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/new-nano-cages-snag-and-hold-gases

http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v2/n6/fig_tab/nchem.618_F3.html

Assembly of a metal-organic framework by sextuple intercatenation of discrete adamantine-like cages

Xiaofei Kuang, Xiaoyuan Wu, Rongmin Yu, James P. Donahue, Jinshun Huang, Can-Zhong Lu

Explainer: What is Ebola?

https://student.societyforscience.org/article/explainer-what-ebola

The Ebola virus, seen here in a colorized transmission electron micrograph, has a distinct shape.

Frederick A. Murphy/CDC