Dog ticks may bite humans more as the climate changes
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New Pfizer results show its COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 95% effective
Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine candidate may be more effective than early results suggested. Just a week…
Guttural toads shrank by a third after just 100 years on two islands
On two islands in the Indian Ocean, the toads just aren’t what they used to…
Monarch caterpillars head-butt each other to fight for scarce food
When food and space get scarce, competition can bring out the worst in monarch caterpillars….
50 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field was tied to extinctions
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Betelgeuse went dark, but didn’t go supernova. What happened?
Astrophysicist Miguel Montargès has a clear memory of the moment the stars became real places…
Supercooled water has been caught morphing between two forms
Supercooled water is two of a kind, a new study shows. Scientists have long suspected…
Puerto Rico’s iconic Arecibo Observatory will be demolished
Arecibo’s days are done. After two support cables failed in recent months, the radio observatory’s…
One night tracking mysterious colugos across treetops in Malaysia
My companions scanned the treetops with binoculars and a thermal-imaging monocular. I stared at the…
Microplastics are showing up in places as remote as Mount Everest
Minuscule shreds and threads of plastic are turning up all over, including in the snow…
A medicinal plant has evolved camouflage in heavily picked areas
Fritillaria plants should be simple to spot. The usually bright green plants often stand alone…
Here’s why COVID-19 vaccines like Pfizer’s need to be kept so cold
Pfizer is racing to get approval for its COVID-19 vaccine, applying for emergency use authorization from the…
The biblical warrior Goliath may not have been so giant after all
Early versions of the Bible describe Goliath — an ancient Philistine warrior best known as…
Newton’s Principia may have been more popular than previously thought
Isaac Newton’s 17th century book, the Principia, gave the famed English scientist a reputation: “[T]here…
Lonely brains crave people like hungry brains crave food
A hungry brain craves food. A lonely brain craves people. After spending a day completely…
Oxford, AstraZeneca say COVID-19 vaccine up to 90 percent effective
A COVID-19 vaccine made by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford appears to prevent illness…
Immunity to COVID-19 may persist six months or more
As coronavirus cases in the United States and around the world rise, scientists are uncovering…
A face mask may turn up a male wrinkle-faced bat’s sex appeal
For tips on how to flirt while wearing a mask, take notes from nature’s experts:…
Mineral body armor protects some leaf-cutting ants in battle
Leaf-cutting worker ants might look like they’d be helpless against an enemy soldier ant many…
FDA approves the first drug for progeria, a rapid-aging disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment that could give children with…
Coronavirus lockdowns don’t need to be all or nothing
We were warned this might happen. While millions stayed home last spring, looking to summer…
Apply For The Women’s Leadership Accelerator – Online News Association
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Susan Gonzalez, Anita Zielina elected to ONA’s Board of Directors – Online News Association
Members of the Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, elected…