Sometimes, saving a species is a bloody affair. We shot mountain goats to prevent them from overrunning the Galapagos Islands, and we shot barred owls to prevent them from outcompeting …
Between 1969 and 1972, the Apollo missions launched a total of a dozen astronauts to the lunar surface, and that was before the explosion of modern technology.So why do our …
Poxviruses have long been a source of fear and curiosity in humans. In the last century, smallpox, a notorious poxvirus alone, may have killed more than 500 million people. Smallpox …
Between 1969 and 1972, the Apollo missions launched a total of a dozen astronauts To the surface of the moon – that was before the explosion of modern technology.So why …
phosphorusrof Claudia de Rham is a theoretical physicist at Imperial College London, developing and testing new models and paradigms at the intersection of gravity, cosmology and particle physics. She just …
Scientists are warning that a virus dubbed “zombie deer disease” could spread to humans after the first case was discovered in Yellowstone National Park last month. The deadly brain virus, …
The first case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) discovered in Yellowstone National Park last month has raised concerns that the deadly brain disease could one day spread to humans, some …
universe today The possibility of sending humans to Jupiter’s icy moons, Europa and Venus has recently been studied, despite the harsh surface environments of each. While it may be possible …
wattWhen a black-tailed deer dies in October, it does so in what most would consider a remote location, miles from the nearest road. But its last breath did not occur …
Since humans began spreading across the world, they have caused the extinction of more than 1,400 bird species.New data published Tuesday in the journal nature communications That’s double the previous …