Tag: Science
Zombie cicadas to murder hornets: Hold my beer. There has been a resurgence of cicadas infected with the parasitic fungus Massospora, which causes them to resort to trickery to entrap other victims. While murder hornets…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alleged in…
ATLANTA — The president of the American Medical Association, a Georgia doctor speaking to reporters across the nation from her home base in Atlanta on Tuesday, pleaded with citizens and leaders to listen to science…
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers around the world started work on a coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 11, the moment their Chinese counterparts published the microbe’s genetic code. At Inovio Pharmaceuticals in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., scientists made a…
PHILADELPHA Theres a generational divide between older and younger Republicans when it comes to climate change, but overall, most Americans agree that the science and the problem are real, according to a…
Muffy Fehr visited ancient ruins during her recent trip to Jordan. COURTESY PHOTO Travel is the best teacher, says Iola Middle School teacher Muffy Fehr. It?s one thing to read about world history, which…
WASHINGTON (AP) Scientists have discovered a mash-up of two feared disasters hurricanes and earthquakes and theyre calling them stormquakes. The shaking of the sea floor during hurricanes and noreasters can rumble like…
NEW YORK (AP) Due to climate change, the worlds oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting even more ice and snow, a grim…
The Trump administration has announced new regulations that will change how scientists test the safety of chemicals. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has ordered a total ban starting in 15 years of animal testing on products…
Lake Johnson could have been an engineer, until he decided that he really didnt like college chemistry. It was really hard. I thought, I dont like this anymore, he said. So he changed his major…
