Zebras and giraffes offer one another protection without food competition In the wild, zebras and giraffes can frequently be found traveling together. The two species may offer protection to each othe...
Norovirus has been top of mind for many this winter: Everybody seems to know somebody that’s been temporarily felled by the winter vomiting bug. The anecdotal sense that norovirus is everywhere has be...
The disease is one of the most lethal cancers and can be hard to diagnose Like iconic video game gobbler Pac-Man chows down on ghosts, specialized pancreatic cancer proteins munch through tissue. A ne...
Possible agricultural applications include facilitating grafting or preserving cut plant material A plant cutting in a petri dish flourished when treated with a bacterial cellulose patch (bottom). The...
Such high-energy neutrinos could offer insight into the universe’s most cataclysmic phenomena In February 2023, a muon zoomed through the forest of underwater cables in a KM3NeT telescope. As the muon...
A small study shows heavy drinkers drank less while taking semaglutide Semaglutide, a key ingredient in the popular weight-loss and diabetes treatments Wegovy and Ozempic, might reduce alcohol intake,...
The human-made structures act as artificial reefs, luring the plankton the giant fish like to eat A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) can eat up to 20 kilograms of plankton each day. Ben D’Antonio Like ro...
500-year-old records document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania Researchers used texts like these to discern what it was like to live through the Little Ice Age in Transylvania, a ...
By mid-century, lots of spots around the globe could hit temperatures hazardous for human health If global temperatures average 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, many parts of the world ma...
But these wee tugs on the ear probably aren’t helpful today Listening intently activates tiny ear muscles, the same ones that allow some people to wiggle their ears, a new study show. Lucy Lambriex/Di...
Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; glu...
Gases that rise from the earth could explain sightings of floating balls of light The slight offset in this railroad track located between Charleston and Summerville in South Carolina may have been cr...
