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http://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/also-the-only-notable-fred-durst-news-of-2015#.kunmL6gwN
From Buzzfeed courtest of the NASW, 15 of the most hilarious media corrections this year, including the reporting of the fact that Pope Francis is the first non-Catholic pope for 450 years in the London Times.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-anxiety-genetic/
In Scientific American online, an article questions why some people are more anxious than others. It possibly has to do with the neurotransmitter molecule anandamide, which is regulated by a fatty acid (FAAH) that deactivates it. A gene variation in some people makes them have less FAAH and those people are less anxious and forget negative experiences. Sounds like pharma will be making FAAH inhibitors soon.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/cool-science-stories-you-may-have-missed-2015-180957647/
Here's a selection of science stories you may have missed from 2015
Lincoln U in UK published in Applied Animal Behavior that cats have different ways (from each other) of locating food, some preferring visual over auditory stimuli. (Not too sorry if I missed that story but there are others.)

http://www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2015/05/difference-praise-encouragement-matters/
PBS Parents writes about the difference between praise and encouragement. One difference is that praise focuses on perfection rather then progress towards a goal and improvement. As a parent it is important to help your child learn more about him/herself, which praise does not do, but encouragement does.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/frogs-the-thin-green-line-video-full-episode/4882/
This is the Nature episode on the possible extinction of frogs due to the chytrid fungus. First aired in 2009.