Getting goose bumps doesn’t just make hairs stand on end; it may also help hair grow. https://t.co/Jft0IuPOju

“We’re in this lull and we just don’t know what is going to happen next.” https://t.co/9wzW6UxO31

Milking snakes for venom may soon no longer be needed to make antidotes. https://t.co/tccyPo9uSr

Human smarts go back 2 million years in our genus. #SNTop10 https://t.co/EHuh8pjyhE

Babies (many of them, anyway) are rotten sleepers. The phrase "sleep like a baby" doesn't really make sense. https://t.co/eKpmqqAW8A

A small marsupial with a taste for truffles may be the linchpin in an Australian ecosystem — and the evidence is in the animal’s poop. https://t.co/iqFKYlgLUV

The spinal cord is resilient. That’s good news for people with spinal cord injuries. #SNTop10 https://t.co/rWUdjZYCDm

“It’s an asteroid geologist’s dream to have a mystery like this to solve.” https://t.co/w1Og6gzoBg

What would the loss of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes mean? #SNTop10 https://t.co/HBzeVLYvXw

A nearly complete hominid skeleton known as Little Foot has finally been largely freed from the stony shell in which it was discovered. https://t.co/6uUoKq0fsn

The northern bettong helps create the wide variety of truffle-producing fungi found in Australia by eating the fungi and spreading their spores in its poop. https://t.co/2BGqKCZtVa

“Maize is an amazing example of how plants that evolved to accommodate human seed dispersal and cultivation gained a strong evolutionary advantage.” https://t.co/w07xyNRjoG

Did you know that the nine-banded armadillo always has quadruplets? Unless of course, it has quintuplets. https://t.co/XO2DwwZ2A2

Studies this year seemed to contradict the reassuring notion that an occasional drink might be good for you. #SNTop10 https://t.co/oc9XhHCm7H

“It would be a big surprise. But Mars is a unique place.” #SNTop10 https://t.co/4zzxAJZn4A

No, this doesn’t mean that Alzheimer’s disease is contagious. https://t.co/W7YCeH2TRv

A recent study on ego depletion can’t confirm an old one. Who is right? Probably everyone. https://t.co/hOmjD2O7uC

“It’s an asteroid geologist’s dream to have a mystery like this to solve.” https://t.co/3iG1tg1vG3

This year we got a hint of maybe being able to exterminate a mosquito species. Would it matter? #SNTop10 https://t.co/JnaWbYWwHN

This raises hopes of making bigger crop yields more affordable. https://t.co/Ag87aHX6TH