AvatarBryan Schutte1 day agoTrying to Stop Lanternflies? ‘Don’t Bother, They’re Here.’verified_publisherThe New York Times - James BarronGood morning. It’s Friday. We’ll follow up on a story about the spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest the experts say you should kill. We’ll also look back at Crazy Eddie and those in-sa-a-a-ne commercials. And a reminder: Early voting in the Aug. 23 primary begins tomorrow. Because of the spotted …
AvatarBryan Schutte18 hours agoEuropean drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels cropsverified_publisherMarketWatch - Associated PressOnce, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France’s Burgundy …
AvatarBryan Schutte1 day ago21,000 fish die in ‘catastrophic failure’ at UC Davis facility studying threatened speciesverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Christian MartinezAbout 21,000 fish, including sturgeon and endangered chinook salmon, died of chlorine exposure in a “catastrophic failure” at a UC Davis research facility, university officials said Thursday. The loss was discovered Tuesday morning in an outdoor facility with multiple large tanks at the UC Davis …
AvatarBryan Schutte1 day agoA New Virus From Shrews Have Infected Dozens in China, Researchers Foundverified_publisherVICE Asia - Rachel CheungThe new virus should be “greeted with alarm, not panic,” one of the researchers says. An international team of scientists identified a new virus that likely jumped to humans from shrews, a mammal that resembles a mouse, in a possible case of zoonotic spillover. In a letter published in the New England …
AvatarBryan Schutte2 days agoWhen Fireflies Await a Night That Never Comesverified_publisherThe New York Times - Veronique Greenwood and Billy HickeyAs dusk deepens the shadow at the forest’s edge, a tiny beacon lights up the gloom. Soon, the twilight is full of drifting lights, each winking a message in peculiar semaphore: “Male seeks female for brief union.” This courtship plays out on summer nights the world over among beetles of the …
AvatarBryan Schutte2 days agoSneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucusverified_publisherThe New York Times - Sam JonesSneezing is far from a uniquely human behavior. Maybe you’ve seen your dog or cat do it, or watched a YouTube video of a giraffe sneezing on an unsuspecting toddler at the zoo. In fact, sneezing doesn’t even require a nervous system, let alone a nose, and dates back to some of the first …
