Category : science

Scientists in a sub turn up good news during expedition in the Salish Sea

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — This week’s Salish Sea Expedition is unfolding amid the heavily trafficked waters off the San Juan Islands, but there’s still plenty of room here for scientific discoveries. For example, researchers riding a deep-water submersi...

The Bacteria in Your Gut Produce Electricity

Some types of bacteria that are either commonly consumed or already found in our guts can create electricity, according to a new study published Wednesday (Sept. 12) in the Journal Nature. Electricity-generating, or "electrogenic," bacteria aren't s...

Endangered Lemur Newborn Is So Ugly It's Cute

Tonks the baby aye-aye may answer that question. Born at the Denver Zoo on Aug. 8, Tonks is one of only 24 of the nocturnal lemurs in captivity in the United States. Aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) are native to Madagascar.

The True Story Behind the Movie The Angel

The Netflix thriller tells the story of Ashraf Marwan, a real-life Egyptian agent who spied for Israel in the 1970s

Race to rescue people stranded in US hurricane

Emergency crews in North Carolina scrambled Friday to rescue hundreds of people stranded in their homes by flood waters unleashed by Hurricane Florence. The drama was unfolding in the riverfront town of New Bern, which was hit by a huge storm surge...

Japan's commercial whaling bid blocked at IWC

Japan's determined bid to return to commercial whale hunting was blocked by anti-whaling nations in a tense vote Friday at the International Whaling Commission meeting in Brazil. Anti-whaling nations led by Australia, the European Union and the Unit...

Ex Trump Campaign Chair Manafort Could Take Plea Deal to Avoid Trial on Lobbying Charges: Reports

Paul Manafort is reportedly nearing a plea deal to avoid trial on charges stemming from work he did for pro-Russia political forces in Ukraine

Slaughtered rhino embodies S. Africa's poaching crisis

The mutilated carcass of a female white rhino, who had given birth just months ago, lay rotting on a hill beside a road that meanders through South Africa's Kruger National Park. There's nothing else left here," said Frik Rossouw, a senior investiga...

New research, September 3-9, 2018

A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change mitigation Climate change communication Inconvenience vs. rationality. Reflections on different faces of climate contrarianism in Poland and Norway A new, valid measu...

First human drawing, Cycling genes, Oden Arctic expedition, Hello World

A new discovery of abstract symbolic drawings on a rock has been found in the Blombos Cave, about 300 km east of Cape Town in South Africa. The fragment - which some say looks a bit like a hashtag - puts the date of the earliest drawing at 73,000 yea...

Goats airlifted out of park into other Washington forests

SEATTLE (AP) — Helicopters and trucks are relocating hundreds of mountain goats from Olympic National Park in an effort officials said will protect natural resources, reduce visitor safety issues and boost native goat populations elsewhere in Washing...

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