August 19, 20246 min readBird Flu Is Infecting Pet Cats. Here’s What You Need to KnowAs bird flu spreads in cats, cows and other animals, it has more opportunity to adapt to easily infect humansBy Meghan Bartels For two and...
Mosquitoes have become part of a double-edged “war on disease” narrativeMariam Ghani/Indexical Films Dis-EaseMariam Ghani Distribution pending There aren’t many laugh-out-loud moments in Mariam Ghani’s documentary about our war on germs. But the sight of two British colonial hunters in former...
Terrariums have taken the horticultural world by storm over the past decade or so, going from obscure Victorian curiosity to a staple of homeware stores. Yet in almost any advice you will find on how to set up one of...
Electrons that can’t be detected within materials still play a role in determining their propertiesDmytro Razinkov/Alamy “Dark” electrons within solid materials may help us learn more about the behaviour of high-temperature superconductors, and perhaps solve other mysteries in material science....
August 17, 20244 min readHow Food Banks Prevented 1.8 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Last YearRedistributing food to food banks before it’s tossed or wasted doesn’t just fight hunger—such efforts also fight climate changeBy Frida Garza & GristVolunteers stack...
An impact crater on Mars, with darker material exposed beneath the reddish dustNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona Six Martian meteorites have been traced back to the craters they were ejected from on Mars millions of years ago. Finding the original sources of...
Lightning can produce special waves of energyRooM the Agency/Alamy An overlooked mechanism lets energy from lightning reach the highest layers of the atmosphere, where it could threaten the safety of satellites and astronauts. When lightning occurs, the energy it carries...
Illustration of the mpox virusGetty Images/Science Photo Library The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern over an ongoing outbreak of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – in Central and West Africa. This...
August 16, 20243 min readClimate Change Made 2023’s Wildfire Season So Much WorseGlobal warming made hot, dry weather that fuels wildfires more likely in places such as Canada, Greece and the Amazon rainforest last year, new research saysBy Chelsea Harvey...
August 16, 20244 min read1 in 4 Unresponsive People with Brain Injuries May Be ConsciousMore people than we thought who are in comas or similar states can hear what is happening around them, a study shows. By Julian Nowogrodzki &...
