Legless Lizard Discovered Near LAX (and no, it's not a snake)

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-legless-lizard-lax-20130918,0,3095241.story

http://www.wildherps.com/species/A.pulchra.html

John Sullivan

Will Your Next Burger Come From a Petri Dish?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23576143

Mark Post, creator of the world's first lab-grown hamburger, holds a petri dish of cultured beef. He believes lab-grown meat could provide a solution to global food shortages and help combat climate change.

Photograph by David Parry, Reuters

Why Are Lobsters Blue, and Why Does Cooking Turn Them Red?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/17/science/why-are-lobsters-blue-and-why-does-cooking-turn-them-red.html?ref=science

Victoria Roberts

Mama Mia, Mama Mia! A Canadian Bohemian Rhapsodizes About String Theory - Video

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/09/18/223716891/mama-mia-mama-mia-a-canadian-bohemian-rhapsodizes-about-string-theory

http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/bohemian-gravity.html

Black Widow Spider Fan Gets Dangerously Close to His Subject

http://www.npr.org/2013/09/21/224216584/black-widow-spider-fan-gets-dangerously-close-to-his-subject

Nature writer Jackson Landers kept a black widow alive in a jar on his desk for months.

Courtesy Jackson Landers

Building An Almost-Brain - Cells in the Lab Weave Themselves into Tiny, Brainlike Structures

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/09/building-an-almost-brain/

Not a squid. This lab-grown tissue has brainlike structures, including neurons (in green) and the stem cells that will make more neurons (here appearing red and purple). 

Credit: Madeline A. Lancaster

Researchers Tackle a Wealth of Problems by Creating Novel Surfaces That Repel Liquids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/09/cool-jobs-repellent-chemistry/

Lotus leaves’ waxy surfaces and tiny, closely spaced bumps repel water, naturally. 

Credit: iStockphoto