In a year where rivers in Arizona run black with steaming sludge and red “blood snow” stains the Antarctic Peninsula, you may not be surprised to learn that several waterfalls in southeast Australia have been flowing backwards. Local news agency…
The Beisamoun pyre fields, where the cremated burial was discovered, during the crepuscular hours. The oldest known person to be intentionally cremated in the Near East took their last breath about 9,000 years ago, and their body went up in…
Two experimental drugs for cats could potentially help treat humans infected with COVID-19, Science News reported. A type of coronavirus that only infects cats can cause “feline enteric coronavirus” (FeCV), an infection that affects the gastrointestinal tract and seldom causes…
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket takes off on an Air Force mission on Aug. 8, 2019. SpaceX and ULA will share the job of carrying “national security” cargo for the military going forward, as the Pentagon rushes…
A total of 16 people have been admitted to hospital with five in intensive care leading to health officials warning people to take extra precautions Those infected with viral meningoencephalitis which can be transmitted by mosquitoes suffer from body aches,…
A tongue-eating louse, or isopod (purple) became this fish’s living tongue. When scientists recently X-rayed a fish’s head, they found a gruesome stowaway: A “vampire” crustacean had devoured, then replaced, its host’s tongue. The buglike isopod, also called a tongue…