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Eating lots of fruits and vegetables will boost the immune system. Stevens Fremont via Getty Images – By Grayson Jaggers, Assistant Professor, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2020 Sep 17 – The connection between the pandemic …
Archaeologists investigate an ancient habitation site in western Mongolia, seeking clues to the early history of domestic horses. William Taylor, CC BY-ND – By William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology, University of Colorado Boulder 2020 Mar 02 – In the increasingly …
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Updated 2020 Sep 16 – For the first time, a planet has been discovered orbiting a white dwarf, also known as a dead star. This exoplanet, a planet outside of our solar system, is the size of Jupiter and …
Pulverized ancient bone can provide DNA to scientists for analysis. Xin Xu Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, CC BY-ND – By Melinda A. Yang, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond 2020 Sep 15 – The very first human beings originally emerged …
The hotel ‘goes far beyond just sustainable, plant-focused grub: everything here is vegan, from the booze in the hotel bar to the cleaning products’ – The hotel won National Geographic’s ‘GOOD EGG’ award (Photo: Supplied) – By Liam Gilliver 2020 Sep 05 – …
A visitor looks at the faces of some of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma National Memorial museum in Oklahoma City. Joe Raedle/Getty Images – Authors Jeff Gruenewald, Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of …
The number of dead birds is in the six figures, a university biologist says. –By Alaa Elassar, CNN Updated 9:19 PM ET, Mon 2020 Sep 14 – Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of …
Harry Smith, under the name of Jay Silverheels, was a Mohawk actor who famously portrayed Tonto on The Lone Ranger – By Liza Black – Liza Black is Assistant Professor of History & Native American and Indigenous Studies at Indiana University and author of Picturing Indians: …
Researchers have shown how to grow gold inside cancer cells in order to kill them. Spectral/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2020 Sep 13 – Gold isn’t just a pretty face – it’s shown promise in fighting cancer in many studies. Now researchers have found …
Rory Sullivan, CNN 2020 Sep 12 – A colorful Mediterranean parrotfish “smiles” at the camera, a raccoon’s hind legs and tail poke out of a tree and a young seal appears to be having a great time while resting on some wood. – …