New 'exploding ant' species: Colobopsis explodens

When confronted by an enemy insect, these tree-dwellers latch onto their foe, tear open their own body wall and release yellow toxic goo onto their rival, slowing or killing it.

'Tweezers of light' used to trap two single atoms and build molecule

For the first time, physicists have used lasers to cool, isolate and merge exactly two atoms — one sodium, one caesium — to form a molecule.

Fossilised Finger Bone May Be the Earliest Evidence of Sapiens on the Arabian Peninsula

Archaeologists on Monday announced the discovery of a fossilised human finger bone in the desert of Saudi Arabia that they said was 85,000 years old.  If confirmed, the finding would be the first and earliest Homo sapiens fossil found on the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the oldest specimen of our species to be directly dated outside of Africa and its doorstep, the Levant.

Icarus: the most distant star ever viewed

Scientists have detected the most distant star ever viewed, a blue behemoth located more than halfway across the universe and named after the ancient Greek mythological figure Icarus.

Scientists discover new human organ

A group of scientists say they have discovered a new fluid-filled space inside human tissue that could be its largest organ.  Called interstitium, the space is found everywhere throughout the body, from under the skin to between the organs.  It surrounds arteries, muscles, and the digestive and urinary tracts in a layer long thought to be dense connective tissue.

Mysterious 'ghost' galaxy with no dark matter

The galaxy, called NGC 1052-DF2, or DF2 for short, contains virtually no dark matter, challenging current theories about galaxy evolution and the role of dark matter.