Humidity from Corn Sweat Intensifies Extreme Heat Wave in U.S. Midwest
‘Corn Sweat’ Is Making This Heat Wave Even Worse Humid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by…
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Betelgeuse’s companion star revealed in new images
Hidden cozied up to Betelgeuse, a bright red star in the constellation Orion, astronomers may have finally found the giant…
10 Questions to Help You Plan for the End of Life
Talking about death doesn’t have to be morbid. If you approach the conversation the right way, “it makes us more…
This killer fungus strikes at sunset. Here’s how
The fungus Entomophthora muscae turns flies into zombies and kills them at sunset. An internal kill clock may explain the…
Here’s how air pollution may trigger lung cancer
Exposure to air pollution may trigger DNA mutations that cause lung cancer in nonsmokers. Source link
A summer of escalating existential threats
Editor in Chief Nancy Shute reflects on the renewed specter of nuclear conflict to record-breaking heat driven by human-caused climate…
U.S. FDA may nix black box warning on some menopause estrogen treatments
If a panel convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has its way, a health risk warning included in…
A child’s biological sex may not always be a random 50-50 chance
Some people may be predisposed to having children of just one sex. That’s the conclusion of new findings published July…
Medical Cost Trend at 8.5% in 2026? PwC Sees “No End in Sight” for Increased Healthcare Spending
For the third year in a row, medical cost trend — the expected increase of health care costs by health…
Can You Drink Saturn’s Rings?
In November 2024 I was interviewed for a marvelous NPR podcast called Living On Earth about my latest popular science…