WEIRD NATURE
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 …
Being feverish is unpleasant, but it can help your body overcome invading pathogens. Narisara Nami/Moment via Getty Images – By Edmund K. LeGrand, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee And by Joe Alcock, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of …
We mapped the hot spots where treatment offers the biggest payoff for people and climate. A forest-thinning project in Arizona leaves more open canopy and clearer ground. David McNew/Getty Images – By Jamie Peeler, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Montana Published: 2023 Sep …
The radioactive contamination of wild boars in Germany and Austria has led to an overpopulation issue in some areas, as their meat is considered unsafe for human consumption. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2023 Aug 30 – Free-roaming boars in the woods of Austria …
