50 years ago, scientists ID’d a threat to California wine country
Sweet discovery for the wine industry — Science News, June 29, 1974 Pierce’s disease remains a problem for California grape…
An ancient earthquake changed the course of the Ganges River
India’s Ganges River shifted abruptly due to a distant yet massive earthquake around 2,500 years ago, new geologic evidence suggests.…
‘Do I Know You?’ explores face blindness and the science of the mind
Do I Know You?Sadie DingfelderLittle, Brown Spark, $32 A friend and I recently stumbled into a conversation about inner monologues.…
Stunning trilobite fossils include soft tissues never seen before
Paleontologists studying rocks from Morocco have unearthed the most exquisitely preserved trilobite fossils yet discovered. The new lifelike fossils update…
Calling gun violence a public health crisis is a ‘first step’ to fight it
For the first time in history, a United States surgeon general has formally declared gun violence a public health crisis. …
Ancient Egyptian scribes’ work left its mark on their skeletons
Ancient Egyptian scribes’ life works are written on their bones. Arthritis and other damage mark the scribes’ skeletons where the…
The last woolly mammoths offer new clues to why the species went extinct
Four thousand years ago, on an island off the coast of what is now Siberia, the world’s last woolly mammoth…
In ‘Warming Up,’ the sports world’s newest opponent is climate change
Warming UpMadeleine OrrBloomsbury Sigma, $28 It’s easy to think of sports as an escape from reality, removed from the glaring…
We may finally know the source of mysterious high-energy neutrinos
Supermassive black holes at the hearts of active galaxies may be churning out a lot of the universe’s high-energy neutrinos.…
Honeybees can “smell” lung cancer
Float like a butterfly, sniff out cancer like a bee? Honeybees can detect the subtle scents of lung cancer in…
