Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past its prime, has preserved decades of Alaskan marine ecology in brine and tin.
Parasites can reveal a…
Last week’s request for public comment from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) doesn’t look like a major win for a tech giant to the naked eye. In fact, it seems almost clerical. But for Google and Microsoft, the announcement constitutes a…
Archaeologists have unravelled the “murder mystery” of a teenage girl buried 2,000 years…
Spraying particles into Earth’s atmosphere to try and cool a warming planet might sound like a good idea in theory, but it will only work if it’s done properly – and even then, it could carry risks that might spill beyond our control,…
If you’re scouting the southern wetlands of the U.K. or roaming marshy habitats in eastern Asia, you might be lucky and come across a rather odd-looking deer, looking all plush and cute until it flashes its scary-looking set of vampire-like…
In 2019, the Weddell Sea Expedition set off to find Sir Ernest Shackleton’s missing ship, the Endurance. While braving the treacherous, icy waters of the Antarctic sea, the team was unable to locate the Endurance but instead found something…
Have a long flight coming up? Or a long shift where you’re on your feet all day? Maybe you’re training for a 5k or a marathon. Either way, you may benefit from using compression socks.
While compression socks are often used by patients with…
After a sleepless night, those foggy, drifting moments may be more than fatigue — researchers at MIT say your brain might be cleaning itself mid-day. Their study, published this week in Nature Neuroscience, reveals that brief lapses in…
Critters consuming species that harbor deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to keep out of harm’s way. Scientists are starting to unravel how these protections work on the molecular level
