WEIRD FACTS
Wildlife is under pressure from habitat loss, including deforestation. Image copyright Getty Images – By Helen Briggs BBC Environment correspondent 2020 Sep 10 – Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report …
Guidance issued on the payroll tax deferral action 00:49 – Opinion by Nancy Altman Nancy Altman, a lawyer, is president of Social Security Works and chair of the Strengthen Social Security coalition. Her latest book is “The Truth about Social Security.” The opinions …
A bag from Bolt Threads, made using leather derived from fungi materials. Bolt Threads – By Rich Haridy 2020 Sep 07 – A new review article, from an international team of material scientists, is suggesting a leather-like material made from mushroom-derived biomass has …
In August 2020, the RAS Institute of Oil and Gas Problems, supported by the local Yamal authorities, conducted a major expedition to the new crater. Skoltech researchers were part of the final stages of that expedition. Credit: Evgeny Chuvilin – By Katie Hunt, …
The hotter it gets, the more urban emissions you get from hot asphalt, according to a new Yale study. Krivosheevv/Depositphotos – By Loz Blain 2020 Sep 04 – The more we work to get emissions down from motor vehicles and power generation, the more …
A ground-based search for human remains in a thick forest like this would be quite challenging. khlongwangchao/Depositphotos – By Ben Coxworth 2020 Sep 04 – It can be hard enough for search parties to find human remains on open ground, but in dense forests, …
Fifty years ago, few scientists believed a drug could fight viruses with low side effects. Then Gertrude Elion showed the doubters “what I could do on my own.” Born in 1918 in Manhattan, Gertrude Elion developed the drug acyclovir, a potent inhibitor of …
Scientists have found a potential new weapon against breast cancer in the venom of honeybees. Nowhereman/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2020 Sep 01 – The natural world is full of compounds that can do us harm, but medical scientists continue to show us how …
Deceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, CC BY-ND – Authors David Duffy, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Florida Catherine Eastman, Sea Turtle Hospital Program Coordinator, Whitney Laboratory …
Voters in Nashville, Tennessee, faced long lines in March 2020. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey – Author Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2020 Aug 26 – If you’re looking for the right to vote, you won’t find it in …
