A Western lifestyle seems to diminish the diversity of gut microbes The human gut is teeming with trillions of microbes, but most studies of this vast community have focused on people living in urban regions. Now, a team of researchers has sequenced gut microbiomes from Hadza people — members ofContinue Reading
The facts behind one of the most famous disasters in history The air was buzzing with excitement ahead of the launch of the RMS Titanic on April 10, 1912. The new ship was the largest moving human-made object in the world. It had a number of innovative features, including remotelyContinue Reading
A new pill could be the first to help the more than 14 million people in the U.S. who struggle to control their marijuana use For people who find themselves unable to control their cannabis consumption, treatment options are limited. The Food and Drug Administration has not approved any medicationsContinue Reading
The book explores the tumultuous history of a blood-clotting invention The average human body holds about 5 liters of blood. Lose a liter, and you may go into shock. Lose two more, and you’ll probably die. For doctors treating traumatic injuries, keeping a patient’s blood in their body is “oneContinue Reading
As Cold War tensions rose, Gregory Bateson was busy observing solitary octopuses learning to live together in a single tank — and it gave him an idea about managing geopolitical relations. In October 1962, the rules of engagement during the Cold War assumed particular urgency. Soviet nuclear warheads were inContinue Reading
Juvenile great white sharks are near to people in Southern California nearly every day but rarely bite them. Humans and juvenile great white sharks swim in the same waters nearly every single day along some beaches in southern California, a new study has found. Yet bites remain rare. “I thinkContinue Reading
The tiny marsupials have a penchant for peanut butter, which researchers have used to help them monitor and conduct health checks on the population. Adorable marsupials that look like “mini kangaroos on steroids” are bouncing back in southern Australia after disappearing from the region for more than 100 years. Brush-tailedContinue Reading
Glaciologists bored 500 meters through the Kamb Ice Stream to access the cavern The coastal plain of the Kamb Ice Stream, a West Antarctic glacier, hardly seems like a coast at all. Stand in this place, 800 kilometers from the South Pole, and you see nothing but flat ice extendingContinue Reading
A pod of about 30 orcas attacked and “badly wounded” two adult gray whales off the coast of California, according to drone footage Stunning new video shows a pod of orcas attacking two adult gray whales in California’s Monterey Bay, in a rare case of predation. Monterey Bay Whale WatchContinue Reading
26-year-old Andrea Papi was jogging on a woodland path when a bear with three cubs attacked and killed him. Italian authorities are deciding what to do with a brown bear that mauled a jogger to death in the northeastern province of Trento. The case has shone a light on theContinue Reading