The Fear and the FixAs the automobile-clogged city of Los Angeles saw its smog problem worsen through the 1960s, Californians had ample reason to worry about environmental pollution.
Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. It wasn’t until years later that Wood learned that those snails were teeming with parasites.
“My Spider Plant Keeps Growing Babies – What Should I Do With Them?”Struggling to keep your spider plant’s growth under control? Here’s how to propagate your plant’s “babies” and grow your plant collection.
Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It’s why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreakTwenty-seven years ago today, a 3-year-old boy in Hong Kong developed a sore throat, spiked a fever, and started to cough. Six days later, he was hospitalized; six days after that, he died of acute respiratory distress caused by viral pneumonia.
How ‘Idle’ Egg Cells Defend Their DNA From DamageHow do immature egg cells maintain genetic quality for decades before they mature? Scientists find unusual safeguards in this quiescent cell that may inform research into fertility. Introduction Out of all the cells in the body, oocytes are the most patient.
The Atlanta Hawks’ Prize for Winning the Lottery? Um, Options?How does landing the first pick affect the futures of Trae Young and Dejounte Murray? And who is the favorite to go no. 1? We examine all the Hawks’ offseason options.
Locks of Beethoven’s Hair Are Unraveling the Mysteries of His Deafness and IllnessesGerman composer Ludwig van Beethoven began losing his hearing in his 20s, a fact that deeply upset and embarrassed him. Over the years, his hearing loss worsened, and by the time he died at age 56 in 1827, the composer was totally deaf.
2023 temperatures were warmest we’ve seen for at least 2,000 yearsStarting in June of last year, global temperatures went from very hot to extreme.
How to Move the World’s Largest Camera from a California Lab to an Andes MountaintopBy late next year, if all goes to plan, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will have started its 10-year survey of the solar system, Milky Way and galaxies beyond. Its giant eye on the southern skies is a 3.2-gigapixel camera with the size and weight of a small car.
Commercial Space Stations Approach Launch PhaseA changing of the guard in space stations is on the horizon as private companies work towards providing new opportunities for science, commerce, and tourism in outer space.
Bird flu in milk is alarming — but not for the reason you thinkThe US Department of Agriculture’s failed response to bird flu in cows, explained. Bird flu has had a busy couple of years.
Google Fit APIs get shut down in 2025, might break fitness devicesGoogle is killing off the Google Fit APIs. The platform originally existed to sync health data from third-party fitness devices to your Google account, but now it's being killed off. Deprecation of the APIs happened on May 1, and Google has stopped accepting new sign-ups for the API.
The Age of RebellionWhen George Washington was a young man, he was far from the level-headed statesman depicted in paintings and books from the Revolutionary War era.