WEIRD SCIENCE
The Cedar Creek Fire burns in Washington’s Methow Valley in late July 2021. Jessica Kelley – Susan J. Prichard, Research Scientist of Forest Ecology, University of Washington Keala Hagmann, Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington Paul Hessburg, Research Ecologist, United States Forest Service …
What are you looking at? Greg Shine, BLM/Flickr, CC BY – Authors Jeremy Dertien, PhD Candidate in Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University Courtney Larson, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming Sarah Reed, Affiliate Faculty in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State …
The Little Ice Age brought some bitter extremes. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 – By Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University 2021 Jul 27 – In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway …
As Pfizer and BioNTech make a push for third booster vaccine shots, some researchers are questioning whether boosters are needed right now. Ezumeimages/Depositphotos – By Rich Haridy 2021 Jul 13 – When will COVID-19 vaccine booster shots be necessary? Pfizer has recently claimed a …
Stop throwing your food away. A scene like this greets most supermarket shoppers in the US. But much of what we think we know about food shopping needs an overhaul. Steve Pfost/Newsday/Getty Images – By Alissa Wilkinson@alissamariealissa@vox.com 2021 Jul 08 – Maybe you …
Emmy Noether made significant contributions to theoretical mathematics. Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Tamar Lichter Blanks, PhD Candidate in Mathematics, Rutgers University 2021 Jul 15 – When Albert Einstein wrote an obituary for Emmy Noether in 1935, he described her …
The venom of Australian funnel web spiders could have life-saving potential. pelooyen/Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2021 Jul 15 – As unlikely as it may seem, the venom of the deadly funnel web spider could prove a valuable source of a number of life-saving …
Juniper trees, common in Arizona’s Prescott National Forest, have been dying with the drought. Benjamin Roe/USDA Forest Service via AP – By Daniel Johnson, Assistant Professor of Tree Physiology and Forest Ecology, University of Georgia and Raquel Partelli Feltrin, Postdoctoral Scholar in Botany, …
Wildfires filled Seattle with smoke in September 2020. Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images – By Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State University 2021 Jul 15 – Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings …
A new “super glue” uses enzymes from the venom of the lancehead snake to stop bleeding. ammmit/Depositphotos – By Michael Irving 2021 Jul 15 – During surgery or traumatic injury, quickly stopping bleeding can save lives. Now, scientists have recruited an unlikely ally to …