Are Young People In Danger From The Coronavirus?
The COVID-19 coronavirus is an increasingly worrisome disease for many countries. How dangerous is the coronavirus for children, and for that matter, young people in general?
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How Dangerous Is The Coronavirus For Young People?
COVID-19 is an increasingly worrisome disease for many countries. Sure, the rich might have access to private jets and other means of lowering the risk of contagion, but it looks like everybody else just has to power through and follow the World Health Organization's protective measures.
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Can You Get Coronavirus Through The Mail?
Hoping to stem the spread, organizations and individuals are taking steps to get the hell away from each other. With more postal and parcel services will play a vital role in acquiring food and other necessities and paying rent. But what happens if a package handler catches the coronavirus?
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Will The Coronavirus Outbreak Slow Down In The Spring?
What started as a local skirmish in Wuhan has now reached global status has now escalated to a point where the World Health Organization has classified the outbreak as a pandemic. Still, while we might be dealing with this particular virus for a while, surely it must die down at some point?
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What The Coronavirus Could Mean For The 2020 Flu Season
The beginning of spring typically sees a reduction in flu-like infections, but with the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could we see a late season resurgence?
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How Much Longer Until Chernobyl's Radiation Is Completely Gone?
On April 26th, 1986, the Ukrainian nuclear power plant at Chernobyl found itself quite unexpectedly exploding. With the irradiated area continuing to bring curious visitors from around the world, the question must be asked: how long will it take for it to shed its pesky radioactivity?
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What Does A Turtle Look Like Without Its Shell?
Some things go together like peanut butter and chocolate, like Johnny Depp and a certain level of cultural uneasiness, or turtles and their shells. Unless you're a hunter playing on easy mode, or a startling cartoon character, odds are that you've never seen a turtle outside of its shell. Why?
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The Real Reason Passenger Pigeons Went Extinct
Passenger pigeons were once perhaps the most multitudinous avians on the planet, numbering as many as 5 billion in their prime. But in 1914, the last known member of the species died at 29 years old in the care of the Cincinnati Zoo. Her name was Martha. Batman would have been furious.
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Strange Magnetic Fields Around Mars Rover 10x Stronger Than Expected
If there's one thing NASA loves, it's driving golf carts around the surface of Mars. Although Elon Musk may be worried that humans won't colonize the red planet in his lifetime, NASA's InSight lander recently beamed back some unexpected findings about the red planet's magnetic fields.
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The Best Way To Survive A Shark Attack
Human beings kill approximately 100 million sharks a year, per The New York Times Magazine. On the other hand, unprovoked shark attacks killed just five human beings in 2017. So clearly the sharks have more to worry about than we do. But here's how you can survive a shark attack if it happens.
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How Sharp Are Piranha Teeth?
It's easy to picture piranhas as hungry teeth with fish attached. In fact, 'piranha' translates to "tooth fish" in the language of Brazil's Tupi people. Paired with a prominent underbite, those notorious chompers make for a menacingly serrated smile.
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CDC Has A Warning For Men Amid Coronavirus Concerns
As COVID-19 continues its tear through the general public, killing hundreds and throwing the international economy into disarray, the CDC offers new advice seemingly on a daily basis. Now they're honing on beards.
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Doctors Alter DNA For The First Time Inside Living Human
Move over Doctor Moreau, scientists at the Casey Eye Institute are honing in on your territory, only instead of creating hideous mutants they're trying to cure blindness.
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The Truth About The Student Who Just Discovered 17 New Planets
Here's the truth about Michelle Kunimoto, the University of British Columbia student who recently discovered 17 new planets with nothing but her wit, her will, and publicly available NASA internet archives.
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New Study Shows How To Slow Brain Aging
Pretty much everyone would love to live a good, long life. However, the whole "not dying until you're really old" thing is a bit of a two-edged sword: Unless your brain manages to keep up with the rest of your body, your golden years probably won't be quite as cozy as you'd hope.
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Scientists Are Using 'Tissue-Digging Nanodrills' To Kill Bacteria
Through the combined efforts of researchers at Rice University, Biola University, and the Texas A&M Health Science Center, the human race now possesses tiny, molecule-sized drills capable of destroying not just diseased cells, but entire multicellular microorganisms.
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How Deadly Is The Banana Spider To Humans?
Of the arachnids who do pose a real risk to humans few have garnered as much media attention as the Brazilian wandering spider, sometimes referred to as the banana spider.
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The Most Obedient Cat Breed In The World
When you think of the word "obedient", all manner of examples come to mind. But it's a safe bet that none of those examples include the word "cat." But take heart, because there are indeed some breeds of cat that can be considered obedient. Even trainable.
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What Bill Nye Was Doing Before He Became 'The Science Guy'
Science rules. Perhaps nobody knows this better than William Sanford Nye, born in Washington, D.C. in 1955, and known to generations of kids — literally — as the Science Guy.
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Scientists Collect Dinosaur DNA From Fossilized Skull
In a development sure to alarm both Sam Neill and Chris Pratt, researchers announced the recent discovery of what they believe to be actual dinosaur DNA. So, you know, start booking your theme park tickets to the Isla Sorna now.
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The Effects Of Coronavirus Can Actually Be Seen From Space
There's a new Chinese phenomenon visible from space, and it has nothing to do with keeping the rampaging Mongol horde at bay. The effects of the novel Wuhan coronavirus--the germ responsible for the budding COVID-19 pandemic -- were picked up by a NASA satellite monitoring air pollution over China.
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Baby Bee Brains 'Permanently, Irreversibly' Damaged By Pesticides
As the world's population of bees continues its series of terrible, horrible, no good, bad days, a study has now revealed that pesticide use permanently damages the brains of baby pollinators, irrevocably impeding their ability to learn and function. That's the bad news. There's good news later.
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How Strong Is A Grizzly Bear?
Grizzly bears are every bit as grisly as they sound. Ruthless, lethal, and unrelenting, they can chase you at breakneck speed in the sense that they will speedily break your neck after they chase you.
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When You Stare At A Screen For Too Long, This Is What Happens
It's surprisingly easy to spend most of your waking hours in front of a screen. So what is all this time staring into the digital abyss really doing to our health?
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Why Coronavirus Treatments Might Not Be Affordable In The U.S.
Live Science reports that during a February 25, 2020 news conference, the CDC ominously acknowledged that the possibility of coronavirus spreading throughout the U.S. wasn't a matter of "if" but "when." Since then, "when" has become now. And it may cost us in more ways than one.
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The Truth About The Real 'Warp Drive'
It's the ultimate handwavey, science fiction trope. Engage the warp drive and you can move people through time and space faster than you can pronounce intergalactic mycelium network. And it's looking more possible than ever.
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The Surprising Trick To Keeping Mosquitos Out Of Your Yard
Mosquitos: they're nature's living pub darts. They're syringes that can have babies. They are, to put it bluntly, just the worst. But there's a natural solution.
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