Science & Technology

Four things to know about malaria cases in the United States

For the first time in 20 years, five people have picked up malaria on U.S. soil. On June 26, the…

Indigenous input revealed early hints of fiber making in the tropics

On the island of Palawan in the Philippines, a cave has yielded reams of ancient artifacts, including thousands of stone…

Static electricity can pull ticks on to their hosts

You don’t need to touch a tick for it to find you, a new study suggests. The blood-sucking parasites may…

Neutrinos offer a new view of the Milky Way

Scientists have made the first image of the Milky Way using neutrinos. The extremely low-mass subatomic particles have no electric…

Humans exploit about one-third of wild vertebrate species

The aptly named resplendent quetzal is prized for its plumage. Golden poison frogs are popular creatures in the pet trade.…

Kommt ein neues Call of Duty für eine neue Nintendo-Konsole?

Der CEO von Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, hat ehrgeizige Pläne enthüllt, Call of Duty auf Nintendo-Konsolen zu bringen. Dies geschah…

“Das ist pure Geldgier”: Apple-Fans wütend über iCloud-Preiserhöhungen

Apple hat die iCloud-Preise in vielen Märkten auf der ganzen Welt angehoben – und es reicht zu sagen, dass die…

Fresh ‘n Rebel Bold L2 im Test: Diese Schönheit ist ein Biest!

Nachdem Fresh ‘n Rebel mich bereits mit den hochbegabten Zwillingen, den Twins Elite In-Ear-Kopfhörern, begeistern konnte, wurde mir nun eine…

The snow forest of North America may be about to shrink

One of nature’s woody behemoths — the North American snow forest — may soon begin shrinking. The continent’s boreal forest…

A newfound gravitational wave ‘hum’ may be from the universe’s biggest black holes

Beneath the explosions, collisions and other intermittent bangs in the cosmos, scientists suspect a nonstop soundtrack plays, created by ripples…