How stalagmites tell the Mayan story and point to climate change
The Maya were a very mysterious, mystical culture. Like many ancient societies, archaeologists are still trying to unravel much of their story. But we do know a few things. The […]
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One is the loneliest number
Three Dog Night were really on to something. But then, you wouldn’t say that 12 is the loneliest number… that just wouldn’t make sense. In any case, planet CFBDSIR2149 must really […]
There’s a whole lot of flamingo love headed to Lake Natron
Tanzania’s Lake Natron will soon resemble a couple’s resort for hundreds of thousands of East African lesser flamingos. The nomadic birds fly between alkaine soda lakes along the rift valley, […]
Creating self-healing skin
For most people, a scratch or wound that heals after a few days is fairly unremarkable, even expected. After all, it’s something that’s happened as long as we can remember. […]
Extinction ensuing? Make some clones
This is a little too Blade Runner-esque for comfort, but it is one way Brazil is fighting extinction of their native species. Throughout Brazil’s richly diverse habitats stretching from the Amazon […]
The last solar eclipse until 2015
But you can only see it if you live in Australia… or have the internet. The eclipse will slide into place at 2:35 p.m. Chicago time, or just after dawn […]
Sasquatch blimp-hunting
Oh, it’s a real thing (or it will be), and we would have loved to be a fly on the wall in this pitch meeting at Idaho State University. Resident […]
Just get up
It seems like a pretty innocuous thing, but sitting can shorten your life. Another study is out, this time from the Archives of Internal Medicine, showing that prolonged sitting throughout […]
More problems for the panda
Polar bears aren’t the only bears losing their habitat due to global warming. A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change points to a big bump in the road […]
A leap forward in prosthetics
The UK seems to be on the right track when it comes to prosthetic limbs, especially with the BeBionic3 myoelectric hand. Like Zac Vawter’s leg, it’s controlled by electrical impulses from […]
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