Octopus genome finally sequenced

Researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have cracked the genetic code for octopus, the first genome of a cephalopod to be decoded. We now wait with bated breath to learn secrets from our eventual overlords.

Dead corals do tell tales

A newly published paper in a scientific journal featured this interesting photo of a brain coral (Siderastrea siderea), stacked tall like pancakes. The weird formation tells a history of storms at this Florida Keys reef site.