SN Online Animals SN Online Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Science News June 17, 2011 at 10:08 am P.-G. Bentz SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC BLOG Sound science is lacking for many alternative remedies. See “Traditional Chinese medicine: Big questions.” LIFE Microbes flourish, maybe at the expense of fish, during jellyfish blooms. See “Marine microbes fritter away jelly bonus“ Larger broods bring more stress for a tree swallow mom (below, with mate), but also more fledglings. See “Stressed bird moms.” MATTER & ENERGY Researchers turn virtual particles into real photons. Read “Light created from the void.”