Survival Stuff
Female white-tailed deer at sunrise. Gary Gray/Getty Images – By Allan Houston, Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Jun 10 – Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across …
A ladybug crawls on a paloverde flower in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Hannah Schwalbe, NPS/Flickr – By Bradley J. Cardinale, Department Head, Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State Published: 2022 Jun 02 – As Spring phases into Summer in North America, with …
The drone will be part of a system that also includes a network of security cameras, and VR training for first responders. Axon – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 03 – It’s a sad fact that mass shootings have become an all-too-common occurrence in …
DNA is a trove of personal information that can be hard to keep track of and protect. Boris Zhitkov/Moment via Getty Images – By Liza Vertinsky, Professor of Law, University of Maryland And: Yaniv Heled, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University Published: …
Researchers have found a biologically active slow sand filter as the most effective way to remove nanoplastics from drinking water. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jun 01 – Today’s filtration technologies do a wonderful job of producing potable water, but the spread of …
Franky Zapata piloting the Flyboard Air at high speed in 2016. Zapata Racing – By Loz Blain 2022 May 29 – Ah, those magnificent men in their flying machines. They go up, diddly-up-up. They go down, diddly-own-down. French sky-surfer and Green Goblin lookalike Franky …
Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it. Many long haulers report fatigue, brain fog, and a range of other symptoms for months after their infection. Photograph: VioletaStoimenova/Getty Images – By Eric …
Predicted wind gusts could cause fire to jump containment lines as crews in New Mexico try to stop growth of US’s biggest wildfire. Crews in northern New Mexico cut and clear containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s largest …
“Sowing water” in this mountainous region has been crucial for people, crops, and biodiversity for more than a millennium. Antonio Ortega García adjusts slabs of stone, divering water from the Río Grande (foreground) to an acequia. All Photos by Kira Walker for Atlas …
High winds have hampered operations as crews fight blazes in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico. Gusty winds were expected on Friday for fire crews battling blazes across Texas, Colorado and New Mexico before cooler weather arrives at the weekend. Photograph: Jim Weber/AP – …