WEIRD NATURE
Many cultures integrate hot peppers into traditional dishes. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File – By Paul D. Terry, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Tennessee Published: 2023 Oct 10 – Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food — some love the burn, while …
A major solar flare could cause havoc on Earth. NASA/SDO – By Michael Irving 2023 Oct 09 – Our Sun is capable of some truly terrifying outbursts – and now scientists have discovered evidence of its biggest tantrum on record. Tree rings dating back …
The unpredictability is a challenge … Anita Bhagwandas. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer – How to have healthy skin – Eczema – Beauty writer Anita Bhagwandas reflects on the lessons she has learned, from childhood to adulthood, about eczema – a condition that imposes …
After you die, bacteria harvest your body for the nutrients that help push up daisies. Matriyoshka/iStock via Getty Images Plus – By Jennifer DeBruyn, Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of Tennessee – Published: 2023 Sep 28 – Each human body contains a complex …
Vibrio vulnificus infections are spreading across the U.S. because of climate change. CDC/Janice Haney Carr – By Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University Published: 2023 Sep 25 – Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but …
Silvia Macías was celebrating 15th birthday of son Santiago when bear appeared and gulped down tacos. – México Associated Press Last modified on 2023 Sep 27 – A woman in México shielded her son after a bear leaped on to a picnic table, …
The scent emitted from your hands could offer clues about who you are. Siro Rodenas Cortés/Moment via Getty Images – By Chantrell Frazier, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Food Science, Framingham State University Kenneth G. Furton, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International …
County sheriff’s office euthanize animal after removing it from the water, but identity of the dead person yet to be established. Deputies did not say whether investigators believed the alligator (not pictured) had killed the person whose remains were in its mouth. Photograph: …
A proposed federal law would wipe out existing state laws that prevent farm animal brutality and the spread of disease. In 2016 Massachusetts voters required their farmers to give chickens, pigs and calves enough room to stand up, lie down, extend their limbs …
Brain power: The lancet liver fluke switches ‘zombie mode’ on and off in its host’s brain at different times of the day. Depositphotos – By Bronwyn Thompson 2023 Sep 17 – Hijacking the body of a convenient host is nothing new in the opportunistic …
