New CDC data shows a rise in tuberculosis between 2020 and 2023, revealing TB remains a persistent and closely watched threat.
Category: 9. Sci/Tech
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Once Called the “White Death,” Tuberculosis Lingers as Trends Shift in the U.S. and Globally
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Rare ‘Earthtongue’ fungus found in ancient woodland is new species for UK
A fungus never previously recorded in the UK has sprung up a nature reserve in West Sussex,…
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Why is laughter contagious? Blame your brain.
I still remember the time I was sitting in class when the teacher asked me to…
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The Long-Lost Bones of The Fourth Musketeer May Have Been Found : ScienceAlert
The swashbuckling 1844 adventures of French author Alexandre Dumas’ The Three Musketeers were not entirely a work of fiction.
Each of the main characters was based on a real 17th-century French soldier – and now the remains of the fourth and…
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Fish Traps Have Been Banned on the Columbia River for Nearly a Century. Could Bringing Them Back Help Save Salmon?
A new experiment is testing the commercial success of fish traps in Washington and Oregon. Even as some conservationists embrace the technique, its return has reopened old wounds among local fishers
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Scientists train for polar ice diving to research warming planet
The frigid waters of a Finnish lake recently yielded a…
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The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain
The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to…
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One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power
Get it? So a spinning loop produces an oscillating flux; if you graphed its values it would trace out a sine wave. That creates an oscillating voltage in the wire, causing electrons to move, and boom: you have alternating current. You just…
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One Predator Scares Away White Sharks Even More Than Orcas : ScienceAlert
Off the coast of South Africa, near the fishing town of Gansbaai, two orcas have made a name for themselves worldwide.
Their names are Port and Starboard, and on multiple occasions, they’ve been observed hunting and killing one of the most…
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