Long COVID finally gets a universal definition
A sweeping new definition of long COVID could help affected people get recognition of their condition and improve diagnosis and…
Human spaceflight’s new era is fraught with medical and ethical questions
They say that going to space changes you. Often, what’s being referenced is a shift in mindset, a renewed sense…
‘Cull of the Wild’ questions sacrificing wildlife in the name of conservation
Cull of the WildHugh WarwickBloomsbury Wildlife, $28 In the late 1860s, European colonists started importing hedgehogs into New Zealand. The…
Gen X has higher cancer rates than their baby boomer parents
Generation X is outdoing baby boomers, but not in a good way. Per capita, Gen X (born from 1965 through…
Can humans get chronic wasting disease from deer?
Chronic wasting disease has been spreading among deer in the United States, which has raised concerns that the fatal neurological…
Fossil finds amplify Europe’s status as a hotbed of great ape evolution
Two lines of ancient apes, including what may be the smallest great ape yet, lived alongside each other in Europe,…
Geoscientists found the most dangerous part of a famous West Coast fault
The most destructive Cascadian earthquakes are likely to slam offshore of Washington state and Vancouver Island, new data reveal. …
Wildfire smoke may cause tens of thousands of premature deaths
Wildfire season got off to an early start in Northern California with the Corral Fire, which started burning grasslands in…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope could help solve these 5 exoplanet puzzles
Detecting exoplanets used to be so difficult that scientists spotted the first black hole, detected the leftover radiation from the…
This protist unfolds its ‘neck’ up to 30 times its body length to scout prey
Oddly, origami could be useful for snagging prey. A single-celled protist called Lacrymaria olor uses a helix of pleats folded…
