The Amazon may be nearing a “tipping point.” If deforestation continues, the Amazon rainforest could reach a critical tipping point where most of it transforms into a dry savanna, a new study warns. The study, published Monday (March 7) in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggests that more than 75%Continue Reading
Web vibrations help them coordinate when to strike Pack hunting spiders exist in places other than your nightmares. While most spiders enjoy solitary lives, 20 of the roughly 50,000 known spider species live in colonies. One species, Anelosimus eximius, lives in extremely large colonies of up to 1,000 individual spidersContinue Reading
The most notorious pirates stole ships, gold and other treasures. History is filled with notorious pirates that terrorized the seven seas. The exploits of these ship plunderers remain famous to this day, but they were very different from the friendly pirates seen in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchiseContinue Reading
The man made an error when measuring caffeine powder that resulted in him consuming a fatal dose of caffeine. A man in the U.K. died from a caffeine overdose after drinking a mixture containing the caffeine equivalent of several hundred cups of coffee, according to news reports. The 29-year-old man,Continue Reading
It was the record-tying 11th flight for this Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage. SpaceX launched nearly four dozen satellites and landed the returning rocket Monday (Feb. 21) on a mission that tied the company’s booster-reuse record. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with 46 of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband spacecraft liftedContinue Reading
Do some ants smell like chocolate and blue cheese? Skunks are notoriously stinky. The musk ox, true to its name, emits a musky scent during mating season. And for some lucky owners, dog paws smell like corn chips. But these are not the only members of the animal kingdom thatContinue Reading
The Sicilian volcano is ‘smoking’ and ‘spitting lava,’ one astronaut reports. The majestic Mount Etna is erupting so strongly in the Mediterranean that it’s catching the attention of the International Space Station crew. Members of Expedition 66 currently in orbit shared some views of space of the highly active volcano,Continue Reading
Political turmoil in Congress and uncertainty about climate regulations has hampered release of the report showing how the U.S. would cut emissions in half The United States still owes the world details about how it plans to meet President Biden’s pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by theContinue Reading
Infectious disease expert William A. Haseltine cautions that a coronavirus variant could emerge with the transmissibility of Omicron and the deadliness of the original SARS As SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has spread throughout the world, many observers have failed to take note of the millions of illnesses andContinue Reading
Pediatrician Erica Esrick discusses existing sickle cell treatments and an ongoing clinical trial Today, it’s clear that our genes not only cause many diseases, but also hold potential cures. But that wasn’t always the case. It wasn’t until 1949 that scientists first found the molecular culprit of a disease —Continue Reading