More from Laura Baisas

An aerial view of Chasm-1, a crack in Antarctica's Brunt Ice Sheet.
Climate Change

A chunk of ice twice the size of New York City broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf

By Laura Baisas

Artist's reconstruction of Ignacius dawsonae surviving six months of winter darkness in the extinct warm temperate ecosystem of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada.
Animals

These primate ancestors were totally chill with a colder climate

By Laura Baisas

Two long, dark, Koh Tao worm salamanders on a swampy soil
Animals

One wormy Triassic fossil could fill a hole in the evolutionary story of amphibians

By Laura Baisas

Persisting winter storm conditions bring snow, tornadoes, and thunder to Eastern US
Environment

Persisting winter storm conditions bring snow, tornadoes, and thunder to Eastern US

By Laura Baisas

A natural gas pipeline.
Climate Change

An oil spill on this fuel-rich coast could be a supply chain catastrophe

By Laura Baisas

The Earth’s inner core could be slowing its spin—but don’t panic
Physics

The Earth’s inner core could be slowing its spin—but don’t panic

By Laura Baisas

A mummy's coffin on a dark background.
Archaeology

This teen mummy was buried with dozens of gold amulets

By Laura Baisas

A man holds a brightly colored pill with a glass of water.
Health

Common antidepressants may blunt both pain and enjoyment

By Laura Baisas

A chimpanzee holding out its hand.
Animals

Adolescent chimpanzees might be less impulsive than human teens

By Laura Baisas

A glacier in Antarctica with water under it.
Environment

Meteorite hunters lug a 16.7-pound space rock from Antarctic ice

By Laura Baisas

A starry night sky over a populated area with lights.
Science

‘Skyglow’ is rapidly diminishing our nightly views of the stars

By Laura Baisas

A juvenile North American red squirrel in a tree in the Yukon, Canada
Animals

Squirrels gamble, too—but with their genes

By Laura Baisas

A group of oyster mushrooms growing.
Biology

Oyster mushrooms release nerve gas to kill worms before eviscerating them

By Laura Baisas

Newly found titanosaur eggs reveal dino nurseries once teemed with baby giants
Biology

Newly found titanosaur eggs reveal dino nurseries once teemed with baby giants

By Laura Baisas

A vaccine pharmacist prepares blind samples as part of an HIV vaccine trial on March 16, 2022 in Masaka, Uganda.
Diseases

Another HIV vaccine candidate fails in clinical trial

By Laura Baisas

An overview of mummified crocodiles during an excavation.
Archaeology

Ancient Egyptians had a unique way of mummifying crocodiles

By Laura Baisas

A solar flare with light and particles being released from the sun.
Science

Small ‘sparks’ on the sun could be key to forecasting dramatic solar weather

By Laura Baisas

A woman with a bandage after receiving a vaccine.
Diseases

Late-stage trials show efficacy of Moderna’s RSV vaccine in older adults

By Laura Baisas

Adult zebra shark swims in a tank at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago
Animals

A virgin birth in Shedd Aquarium’s shark tank is baffling biologists

By Laura Baisas

Five fossil specimens including extinct trilobites.
Animals

Trilobites may have jousted with head ‘tridents’ to win mates

By Laura Baisas

A doctor using a stethoscope to listen to a pregnant person's stomach.
COVID-19

Pregnant people with COVID-19 are 7 times more likely to die in childbirth

By Laura Baisas

Grilled bass on a bed of vegetables.
Animals

Freshwater fish are loaded with ‘forever chemicals’

By Laura Baisas

A toddler offering a husky puppy a treat.
Animals

Toddlers may be wired to help their dog friends

By Laura Baisas

Despite fiery debate, Biden isn’t banning gas stoves in the US
Climate Change

Despite fiery debate, Biden isn’t banning gas stoves in the US

By Laura Baisas

A woman walking into the sunset
Diseases

You should take a 5-minute walk for every 30 minutes of sitting

By Laura Baisas

WHO announces that Uganda’s months-long Ebola outbreak is over
Diseases

WHO announces that Uganda’s months-long Ebola outbreak is over

By Laura Baisas

Exoplanet LHS 475 b and its star detected by the James Webb Space Telescope in an artist's rendition
Deep Space

The James Webb Space Telescope just identified its first exoplanet

By Laura Baisas

Industrial pollution from smoke stacks.
Climate Change

Renewable energy is climbing in the US, but so are our emissions—here’s why

By Laura Baisas

A big-eyed Brown Mouse Lemur from Madagascar.
Animals

If Madagascar’s animals disappear, it’ll take 23 million years to get them back

By Laura Baisas

Blazing sun over the ocean.
Climate Change

Earth’s oceans are getting hotter and saltier than ever before in human history

By Laura Baisas

NASA Satellite images of a hole in the ozone layer in 2019.
Climate Change

Earth’s ozone layer should fully recover over the next 40 years

By Laura Baisas

Rain, storms, and mudslides batter California
Climate Change

Rain, storms, and mudslides batter California

By Laura Baisas

White salt on a brown cutting board.
Cancer

Reducing sodium in packaged foods could reduce disease and save lives

By Laura Baisas

A small lizard called the Puerto Rican crested anole sits on a human-made fence.
Animals

When these reptiles became city lizards, it changed their genes

By Laura Baisas

Protesters hold signs in front of University College London Hospital, Euston Road in solidarity with the nurses strike and the NHS on December 20, 2022.
Health

New York City nurses go on strike due to low pay and understaffing

By Laura Baisas

A drawing dating back to the Ice Age on a cave with markings circled.
Archaeology

Cave drawings from 20,000 years ago may feature an early form of writing

By Laura Baisas

Blue flames from multiple burners on a gas stove.
Diseases

Gas stoves could be making thousands of children in America sick

By Laura Baisas

A still from a 3D model of the 16th-century ship found at Dungeness quarry
Archaeology

A ship from the 16th century was just dredged up in England

By Laura Baisas

The Jewel Damselfish on off of a rat-free island.
Animals

Invasive rats are making some reef fish more peaceful, and that’s bad, actually

By Laura Baisas

A pig looking up from a muddy field.
Animals

A new synthetic material could help fix broken penises—at least in pigs

By Laura Baisas

A lush green fjord in Norway with a wooden longship.
Biology

Some modern-day Scandinavians lack the ancestral diversity of Vikings

By Laura Baisas

A flooded roadway in San Carolos, California
Climate Change

Strong storms and strange weather patterns sweep the US

By Laura Baisas

A cutting board with a variety of ingredients for cooking a healthy meal.
Health

Experts rank the raw food diet as the worst of 2023

By Laura Baisas

Yellow chlorovirus particles infecting microscopic green algae
Biology

These microbes could be the first lifeforms to munch on infectious viruses

By Laura Baisas

An orange box of mifepristone (Mifeprex) and a white container of Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
Health

FDA takes big step to make abortion pills as accessible as other prescription drugs

By Laura Baisas

A scientist testing samples in a lab.
COVID-19

The new Omicron subvariant XXB.1.5 may the next big COVID strain

By Laura Baisas

A crowded airport ticket line
COVID-19

China is facing a COVID-19 surge—and that could mean complications for travel

By Laura Baisas

A woman drinking water after a work out.
Diseases

Hydration seems to be the key to aging better and living longer

By Laura Baisas

Kick off 2023 with unique moonscapes, a meteor shower, and a bright comet
Science

Kick off 2023 with unique moonscapes, a meteor shower, and a bright comet

By Laura Baisas

Satellite image of Hurricane Ian in the Gulf of Mexico
Environment

The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season started slowly, but still produced devastating storms

By Laura Baisas

A pink iguana in green grass at Galápagos National Park in Ecuador.
Animals

Pink Iguana hatchlings spotted for the first time on the Galápagos in decades

By Laura Baisas

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend
Climate Change

Extreme cold is blasting half the US this weekend

By Laura Baisas

Sugar cookies baked with quinoa flour on a cookie sheet in a kitchen.
Health

A new kind of quinoa flour may be coming to a sugar cookie near you

By Laura Baisas

A titanium tube placed on Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover
Mars

Perseverance rover makes its first package delivery: a unique kind of Mars rock

By Laura Baisas

Zebrafish swimming in an aquarium.
Animals

A primitive part of the zebrafish brain helps them find their way home

By Laura Baisas

Clay pots in a modern day pottery studio.
Archaeology

Ancient social networks spread pottery trends across the world

By Laura Baisas

A bright blue and green dragonfly.
Animals

Time passes faster for smaller, quicker animals

By Laura Baisas

A sleeping baby with an adult holding a thermometer.
COVID-19

Demand for children’s medications during ‘tripledemic’ forces pharmacies to limit purchases

By Laura Baisas

Firey lava flows from the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii.
Science

Radar-informed hazard maps could help protect people from lava flows

By Laura Baisas

Ferndale California downtown before a 6.4-magnitude earthquake
Environment

Large earthquake knocks out power for thousands in Northern California

By Laura Baisas

A young orangutan in a tree.
Animals

Why do humans talk? Tree-dwelling orangutans might hold the answer.

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface.
Mars

InSight says goodbye with what may be its last wistful image of Mars

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of adult and young of the ichthyosaur species (Shonisaurus popularis) chasing ammonoid prey 230 million years ago, in what is now Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada.
Animals

Millions of years ago, marine reptiles may have used Nevada as a birthing ground

By Laura Baisas

A yellow and black wasp lands on a green leaf.
Animals

Male wasps use their genital spines to sting frogs (and people)

By Laura Baisas