The Coxcatlan Cave in Mexico’s Valley of Tehuacan has housed tens of thousands of years of human history through the millennia. Records of the early domestication of maize and the start of agriculture have been preserved in layers of dust, rocks, charcoal, and decaying plants. But under them, all lies something even more surprising: what…
Enceladus was expected to be a frozen planet, a frozen lump of solid ice orbiting Saturn indefinitely. However, between 2004 and 2017, the Cassini spacecraft visited the system and discovered an active moon that was virtually bursting at the seams with water, hydrogen, and methane: three chemicals that would go hand in hand with life…
Consider yourself to be a grey fox. You’re about the size of a housecat, and you rely on mice and other rodents to keep your stomach full. However, this puts you in direct conflict with coyotes, who do not only want your supper but are also willing to knock you off.So, where do you seek…
COVID-19 aggravated several pre-existing racial health inequities, ushering in a racial reckoning in medicine. As a response, several medical institutions have endeavoured to make significant adjustments in their teaching and clinical environments to address systematic racism. The history of present illness (H.P.I.), a tool utilized by practically every physician daily, may, nevertheless, continue to perpetuate…
Oxygen is essential for sophisticated life on Earth, especially aquatic life such as fish and zooplankton. However, according to a new study published in the journal Nature, oxygen concentrations in lakes worldwide are decreasing, posing a threat to the organisms that dwell in those bodies of water (and the rest of us, too). “A lot…
Sea ice in the Arctic’s coastal regions may be decreasing far quicker than experts previously thought.According to research released yesterday, ice in locations like the Kara, Laptev, and Chukchi seas, which border sections of Siberia and Alaska, looks to be vanishing roughly twice as quickly as projections have shown.That’s likely because a prior study didn’t…
A significant increase in radiation intensity on the cosmic horizon scale might have caused certain tiny areas to act as closed universes in the early universe, sealing their fate in isolated black hole collapses.The usual changes in the cosmic microwave background radiation that are measured have an initial amplitude that is a hundred thousand times…
Its award-winning and the opulent menu is traditionally heavy on meat and dairy, with dishes like butter-poached lobster tails and celery roots in pig’s bladder among the highlights. However, the restaurant stated in the spring that it would reopen with a vegan menu. Other well-known restaurants have gone vegan, including Michelin-starred French chef Alexis Gauthier,…
The current coronavirus pandemic may not appear to be an apparent catalyst for contemplating biological transcendence. But the weird thing is that we’ve been inadvertent participants in exactly such an event in our response to this crisis. The concept of transcendence has existed for a long time, under several names and guises. It captures the…
The future of coral does not appear to be bright. Reef-building creatures, which provide the living architecture for some of the world’s most varied ecosystems, are susceptible to climate change and have already suffered significant losses. Their future is becoming increasingly bleak unless they can achieve significant carbon reductions in the following decade.That isn’t to…