Science
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Back to not-so-normal: Psychologists eye pandemic stress as U.S. reopens
Marie-Christine Nizzi, a postdoctoral researcher at Dartmouth College and the Brain Institute at Chapman University, studies trauma and resilience, which…
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Challenger crew likely survived explosion before tragic plunge to Earth, book claims
The Space Shuttle Challenger was hurtling through the air at twice the speed of sound when pilot Michael Smith noticed…
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NASA, USPS team up to create stunning sun stamps
The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new set of stamps celebrating 10 years of sun-watching from the National Aeronautics…
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Covid-19 news: 99% of UK cases thought to be due to delta variant
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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What’s behind the heat wave in the American West?
PHOENIX — Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome…
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New fossils of giant rhinos — the largest land mammals ever — are found in China
Fossils from two giant rhinos dating back about 22 million years have been unearthed in China, according to a study…
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Florida red tide prompts cleanup of dead fish from Gulf Coast beaches: reports
Scores of dead fish were being cleaned up from beaches in Pinellas County, Florida, this week, the result of “red…
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In this West Virginia county, “seems like all the water’s bad”
BRADSHAW, W.Va. — Every week, Burlyn Cooper parks on the edge of a winding two-lane road, unloads a dozen plastic…
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Echolocation in soft-furred tree mice
New echolocator Echolocation is a well demonstrated convergent sensory mode in bats and toothed whales. These lineages are not closely…
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Neutrophils self-limit swarming to contain bacterial growth in vivo
Stopping the swarm Neutrophils play a major role in the early immune response and are recruited in large numbers into…
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