Egyptian cobra by Michael Ransburg

Top twelve picks

This, my friends, is how it’s done. Carl Zimmer on “The Human Lake“. If you read one post this month…

Inspired. Craig McClain draws parallels between a 1st century Germanic chieftain and a baby coral

I loved the Bronx Zoo Cobra story. It was a wonderful break from a month of depressing news. I loved this line: “The case of the missing [cobra] has yielded much interest… What It has not yielded is the snake.” I loved the @Bronxzooscobra Twitter feed, and the @Bronxcobrawife one too. I loved the exclusive interview in the NYT.

An amazing story that starts with an egg sandwich, continues with a weird bag of blue powder, and ends with mass radiation poisoning. By Sally Adee

A touching look at the people on Fukushima’s frontline. “My town is gone… My parents are still missing… I still have to work…”

Mark Peplow of Nature News visits Chernobyl. What lessons does it hold for Fukushima?

Unbeleafable! Scientists create artificial leaf, 10x more efficient than the real deal.

Bugs vs drugs: Maryn McKenna, writing about ...