Monthly Archives: April 2018
Gray Ghosts, the Last Caribou in the Lower 48 States, ...
The herd of southern mountain caribou, the last in the contiguous United States, has dwindled to three animals. […]
Partly Cloudy for today in #Pully, #Switzerland!
Good morning This is the #weather forecast for #today: With a high of 17°C and a low of […]
Martian Chiaroscuro
Deep shadows create dramatic contrasts between light and dark in this high-resolution close-up of the martian surface. Recorded […]
The Evolution of the Eyebrow by DOUGLAS QUENQUA
A new study suggests that brow ridges probably didn’t evolve for practical reasons, but for sometimes subtle communications. […]
Trillions Upon Trillions of Viruses Fall From the Sky Each ...
Viruses shape the ecology of the planet, but scientists still have only a rudimentary understanding of the microbial […]
‘We’re Out of Options’: Doctors Battle Drug-Resistant Typhoid Outbreak by ...
An aggressive typhoid strain, resistant to five types of antibiotics, is expected to replace other endemic strains worldwide. […]
E. Coli Linked to Chopped Romaine Lettuce Infects People in ...
No one has died in the outbreak, though 35 have been infected, including three people who have developed […]
Sea Turtles Use Magnetic Fields to Find Their Birthplace Beach ...
Using loggerhead genetics, researchers traced the routes of turtles that return decades after birth to nest near their […]
Facebook Takes the Punches While Rest of Silicon Valley Ducks ...
Google’s ad business is twice as big as Facebook’s. But executives at Google and other big tech companies […]