There are two studies in particular we wanted to single out today. Not because they're particularly weird but because you can expect them to be all over your Facebook fairly soon with a lot of attendant stupidity, and far be it from us not to prepare you.

Burn HIV with lava in this Mad Science Friday.

Mad Science Friday lays out why animals are awful and plants suck worse.

Usually we use this as a link dump, but this is probably one of the most important scientific advances of the last ten years, so it gets its own post.

What's awesome, weird, wild and disgusting in science this week.

Apparently, this week, science is dedicated to scaring the crap out of us.

What's weird and wonderful in science today.

What's weird in science this week.

What's weird and wonderful in science this week.