January is a good month for interesting planetary alignment. You will have a lot going on in the night sky. For most of the month,
We modern humans love a long hot soak but linger too long and something a bit gross happens: the skin on your hands wrinkles up
Officials from the Louisiana Department of Health have announced the death of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, the first such case in the
It’s anticipated to become brighter than last year’s star event, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), but will be similarly hard to spot against the glare of the
High levels of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been reported in parts of China. The news has sparked some concern, no doubt reminding people of a
After a re-emergence sparked a national emergency in Costa Rica in February of last year, New World Screwworm (NWS) fly larvae (Cochliomyia hominivorax) have once
It’s no secret that our gut microbiome can influence our physical and mental health in many ways, but what’s the best way to have a
Lunar samples collected by NASA astronauts during the Apollo Moon landings have a curious habit of being destroyed, stolen, or lost. In a bunch of
An oil spill in the Black Sea is believed to have resulted in the death of over 30 cetaceans, including several members of an endangered
January 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf planet Eris and how
What do you think the loudest animal on the planet is? An elephant? An army of Taylor’s Swifties? Well, you’d be wrong if you took
We are constantly learning more about the deep ocean and the creatures that live in these remote places, from sleeper sharks to disco worms. Underwater
Just over 25 years ago, the British Medical Journal published a study that suggested a single cigarette could shorten a smoker’s life by 11 minutes.
Until around 50,000 years ago, the island of Flores in Indonesia was inhabited by a peculiar species of miniature humans called Homo floresiensis – popularly
Sex is disposable in the most literal sense for the sea slug Goniobranchus reticulatus (formerly Chromodoris reticulata). In a 2013 study, it became the first
Tahlequah, an orca well-known for having carried her dead calf for over two weeks back in 2018, has been struck by a heartbreaking event once
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and Nicky Fox, the agency’s associate administrator for science missions, will host an audio-only media teleconference to update the public on
