Polio in New York – An Infectious Disease Doctor Explains
On July 21, 2022, New York state health officials announced the first case of polio in the U.S. since 2013. The U.S. resident, who is…
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Russians Building a Satellite-Blinding Laser – An Expert Explains the Ominous Technology
According to a recent report in The Space Review, Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead. The basic…
No Reason for Panic: Why Declaring Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency Is a Preventative Step
Countries that are United Nations members are obligated to report cases of unusual diseases that have the potential to become global health threats. In May…
Earth’s Days Have Been Mysteriously Increasing in Length – Scientists Don’t Know Why
Precise astronomical observations, combined with atomic clocks, have revealed that the length of a day is suddenly getting longer. Scientists don’t know why. This has…
James Webb Space Telescope Just Proved Its Value in the Search for Alien Life
To search for alien life, astronomers will search for clues in the atmospheres of distant planets – and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just proved…
Dark Matter May Not Exist: These Physicists Favor of a New Theory of Gravity
Using Newton’s laws of physics, we can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately. However, in the early 1970s, scientists discovered…
What Do Tornadoes Look Like on the Inside?
What do tornadoes look like on the inside? It’s a good question, but scientists really don’t know the answer. There are no visual observations from…
Google’s Powerful Artificial Intelligence Spotlights a Human Cognitive Glitch
It is easy for people to mistake fluent speech for fluent thought. When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience leads you…
From Ibuprofen to Fentanyl: How Do Painkillers Actually Kill Pain?
While pain can be horrible, it serves a useful purpose. Without the ability to feel pain, life is more dangerous. To avoid injury, pain tells…
Urgent Support Needed: One in Five Reptile Species Face Extinction
Reptiles, the majority of which are predators, are cold-blooded and scaly animals. Their ranks include some of the most deadly and venomous creatures on Earth,…
How Cockroaches Survived the Asteroid That Led to the Extinction of Dinosaurs
When the asteroid now known as the Chicxulub impactor fell from outer space and slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, cockroaches were there….
The Chemistry of Cooking Over an Open Flame: What Makes Smoky, Charred Barbecue Taste So Good?
Just the mere thought of barbecue’s smoky scents and intoxicating flavors is enough to get most mouths watering. Summer is here, and for many people…
Monkeypox Outbreak: “This Is an Entirely New Spread of the Disease”
One thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox, an infectious disease originating in Africa, have been recorded since early May across at least 30 non-endemic countries such…
The James Webb Space Telescope: Prepare for a New Way To See the Universe
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped…
Scientists Blown Away by World’s Largest Plant – Stretching 112 Miles in Western Australia’s Shark Bay
Scientists were investigating meadows of ribbon weed seagrass using DNA analysis. The shocking results blew them away; the 18,000 DNA markers they analyzed in Shark…
Why We Can’t “Boost” Our Way Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic
You may be wondering whether the long-term plans for the COVID-19 pandemic call for an endless number of booster shots. They do provide a boost…
Fragments of a Dying Comet Might Put On a Spectacular Show – Or Pass By Without a Trace
As Earth orbits the Sun, it plows through dust and debris left behind by comets and asteroids. That debris gives birth to meteor showers –…
What Is Monkeypox? A Microbiologist Explains What’s Known About This Disease
On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient…
