Workers with the Canadian energy company Suncor unearthed ankylosaur remains while mining oil sands near Fort McMurray in Alberta. The carcass of the four-legged land creature was not flattened, as is the case with many fossilized vertebrates. But most strangely, it was found in an area known primarily for fossilized marine creatures.

Algal cells and cell parts are known to live inside the cells of an array of sea creatures, including certain sea slugs and jellyfish.¹ Over 100 years ago, algae were found in association with certain salamander eggs, but their mode of living remained mysterious.

Tennessee's House of Representatives has passed an academic freedom measure that would allow teachers in public science classrooms to present the strengths and weaknesses of controversial issues, such as evolution and global warming, without fear of discipline or termination.

NASA recently released the most detailed images yet of the "far" side of the moon, or the side that faces away from earth.¹ The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took thousands of images that were assembled into a mosaic of the lunar surface. Both the moon's far and near sides contain craters, which may hold clues to its history.