Category Science

December 6, 2024 3 min read Wuhan Virologist Says Lab Has No Close Relatives to COVID Virus Shi Zhengli, the virologist at the center of COVID lab-leak theory, reveals coronavirus sequences from the Wuhan institute By Smriti Mallapaty & Nature magazine Chinese…

Deaths in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from an as-yet unidentified disease are continuing to rise. So far there have been 71 confirmed fatalities, with 27 recorded in hospitals and 44 in communities in the southern…

A concerning discovery from Scripps Research reveals that a single genetic change in the current H5N1 influenza virus affecting U.S. dairy cows could make it easier for the virus to infect humans. While the current risk to humans remains low,…

Scientists swab the cloaca of a wild leopard shark at North Stradbroke Island off Brisbane, Australia, in order to examine its recent diet MVErdman A team of scientists, conservationists and vets will soon set out to achieve a world first…

December 6, 2024 3 min read Why ‘Tipping Points’ Are the Wrong Way to Talk about Climate Change A new paper warns the concept of “tipping points” doesn’t do much to encourage climate action from laypeople and policymakers By Chelsea…

If you’re on HealthTok, you may have noticed a buzz around sea moss, sea kelp, or brown seaweed, which has become the latest “superfood” to capture the attention of wellness enthusiasts. Historically, seaweed has been used in indigenous medicine for…

BUSAN, Republic of Korea, December 2, 2024 — Plastics treaty negotiations have concluded in Busan after a week of largely closed-door sessions. The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to advance a plastics treaty (INC-5) was meant to deliver…

Infinity is more complex than you might think Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images A new kind of infinity appears to break the rules of how extremely large numbers behave, and could redraw the way the mathematical universe is ordered. It may come…

Rachel Feltman: Picture the teens in your life. Are they getting enough sleep? If not, you might assume they’re just falling prey to late nights on social media and school-related stress. But research suggests that for a huge percentage of…

You are in a lush forest. Sunlight filters through the bright green canopy, casting dappled shadows on the ground. Towering trees rise over delicate ferns, wildflowers, and colorful mushrooms. A deer slinks behind a shrub. But there are subtle signs…