Ella Morton at Atlas Obscura explores the surprisingly large number of academic studies—as in, more than one—that have applied mathematical modeling to the concept of human-vampire co-existence. Using the depiction of bloodsuckers in various forms of media, from Bram Stoker's Dracula to True Blood, these papers look at whether Earth's vampire population would inevitably annihilate humanity, and, if so, how long it would take.

Many people know about the resurrection men in the UK who robbed graves to sell corpses to medical schools, but few are aware that American medical schools also paid body snatchers to supply cadavers for their anatomy laboratories from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The skeletons in the closets of these respected institutions were sometimes hidden for decades until unsuspecting construction workers stumbled across bones in old wells or behind walls.

Scarehouse is not a normal haunted house—it's also an undercover sociology laboratory.

Moises Velasquez-Manoff writes on how “probiotic epidemics” help wildlife—and us—survive.

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.