Tiny tubes in rock are marvels
Tiny tubes and filaments in some Canadian rock appear to be the oldest known fossils, giving new support to some ideas about how life began. The features are mineralized remains of what appear to be bacteria that lived some 3.77 billion to 4.28 billion years ago.
How to survive deep freeze
Freezing donated organs could enable them to be banked like blood or sperm, but first scientists must figure out how to prevent tissue damage caused by thawing. Researchers are taking a first step toward that goal, using nanotechnology to create super heaters for preserved tissue.
White Sox player eats evidence
Jose Abreu told a federal jury he ate pages of his fake passport during a flight that was part of a Cuban ballplayer smuggling operation. The testimony came in the trial of a sports agent and a baseball trainer accused of alien smuggling and conspiracy.
Paying for Yahoo breaches
Yahoo is punishing CEO Marissa Mayer and parting ways with its top lawyer for the mishandling of two security breaches. Yahoo’s board said it decided to withhold a cash bonus. A Yahoo investigation concluded Mayer’s management team reacted too slowly to one breach discovered in 2014.