Look who’s talking now: The fishes! Widespread sound communication among fish
There’s a whole lot of talking going on beneath the waves. A new study from Cornell University finds that fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than generally thought — and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years. These findings were just published in the journal Ichthyology & […]
Overwhelmed By COVID News? Here’s What To Monitor And What To Skip.
As we push through another year of the global coronavirus crisis, there’s no doubt that the devastating effects of the pandemic have taken a collective toll on our mental health. Staying informed about COVID-19 is critical, but it can also be triggering. Between new variants like omicron cropping up and thousands of people getting sick […]
5 Easy Health Resolutions To Make For 2022 That Aren’t ‘Losing Weight’
It’s not easy to make New Year’s resolutions when there’s a pandemic raging and so many of the factors that impact our health and well-being are out of our control. Self-care won’t change the anger or apathy so many people feel about where we are in this moment. And alas, diligently following all of the […]
Asthma may reduce risk of brain tumors — but how? Mouse study IDs immune cells as link, points to potential therapeutic approaches
There’s not much good that can be said about asthma, a breathing disease in which the airways become narrowed and inflamed. But there’s this: People with asthma seem to be less likely to develop brain tumors than others. And now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis believe they have discovered why. […]
Who Are the Scientists Behind the COVID-19 Vaccines?
There’s the slick, turtleneck-loving CEO who’s really good at raising cash for his company that has yet to release any data. There’s the workaholic power couple focused on curing cancer. There’s the researcher who co-invented a recombinant DNA technology but stays at a small biotech that’s limping along. All of these characters are the unlikely […]
Critical groundwater supplies may never recover from drought: Let this sink in
Along with hurricanes and wildfires, there’s another important, but seldom-discussed effect of climate change — toxic water and sinking land made worse by groundwater drought. Water from snow and rain seeps deep into the ground between layers of soil and accumulates in sponge-like underground bathtubs, called aquifers. Farmers rely heavily on this groundwater to irrigate […]
Metals supercharge promising method to bury harmful carbon dioxide under the sea
There’s a global race to reduce the amount of harmful gases in our atmosphere to slow down the pace of climate change, and one way to do that is through carbon capture and sequestration — sucking carbon out of the air and burying it. At this point, however, we’re capturing only a fraction of the […]
Great White Is Missing ‘Unusual’ Amount Of Teeth: ‘Anyone Know A Good Dentist?’
If there’s a dentist out there willing to treat an apex predator underwater, have we got a gig for you. A recent cage-diving expedition around Mexico’s Guadalupe Island revealed a great white shark with a crazy amount of teeth missing. (See the photo below.) Now, great whites often lose teeth when they hunt, but replacements […]
Yup, End-Of-Summer Tantrum Season Is Here, And It’s No Fun
For so many kids, summer really is bliss. There’s the initial joy of school being over that soon gives way to sunshine-filled days, later bedtimes, and generally loosened-up routines. But as summer slips away, things tend to go south. Kids who just a month or two ago couldn’t believe how lucky they were to spend […]
Stop Resisting the ‘Imposter’ Inside of You
The problem with feeling like an imposter is thinking there’s something wrong with it. I know this is different from any way you have thought about it, but humor me. What happens when we are offered an opportunity, but we feel like an imposter? We hide. We overwork to compensate. We look around at our […]