Ferris Jabr introduces us to the iChip, a plastic block that helped scientists discover a new antibiotic that kills superbugs. Will it be enough to save humankind from the coming bacterial apocalypse?

Julie Beck at The Atlantic explores an emerging theory that takes principles from quantum physics and applies them to psychology.

"It is clear that this manuscript will not win a beauty contest." See some of our favorite gems from the hilarious tumblr "Sh*t My Reviewers Say." 

The vast majority of scientific papers today are published in English. Adam Huttner-Koros at The Atlantic examines what gets lost when other languages get left out. 

It's no secret that you can fake just about everything on the Internet: fake job references, fake news, fake audiences, fake academic credentials, and fake science. But what happens when academic journals which distribute important research from the world's universities begin to be subject to these same kinds of fake influences? Aja Romano at The Daily Dot explores the issue. 

Eminent journals and peer-reviewed academic papers are supposed to convince us of scientific truth. Adam Rutherford at The Guardian explains why we should all be wary. 

From The Atlantic: The FDA just approved the first pill produced by the technique, but historians say the manufacturing process probably won’t threaten big drug companies.

Wired.com has put together this amazing list of social media feeds for science junkies and fans of learning. 

"Taken together, these first pioneering measurements performed on the surface of a comet are profoundly changing our view of these worlds and continuing to shape our impression of the history of the Solar System," says Jean-Pierre Bibring, a lead lander scientist and principal investigator of the CIVA instrument at the IAS in Orsay, France. - Phys.org

From Erika Check Hayden: Packed in liquid nitrogen, the blood would last 14 days—and it had to get safely back to the US. Moses had to get it onto a flight out of the airport near Freetown, the capital, by the day after tomorrow. But first Moses would have to get the samples through a countryside ripped apart by a biological apocalypse. The clock was ticking.