More from Laura Baisas (Page 19)

In the latest State of the Union, Biden highlights infrastructure, chips, and healthcare
Cancer

In the latest State of the Union, Biden highlights infrastructure, chips, and healthcare

By Laura Baisas

Ruins of Linlithgow Castle, near Edinburgh, Scotland, the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Archaeology

Codebreakers have finally deciphered the lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots

By Laura Baisas

A beefsteak fungus growing in a forest.
Biology

Bacteria and fungi are the first to start rebuilding charred forests

By Laura Baisas

Two dialysis machine set-ups in a medical center.
Diseases

Dialysis is riskier for Black and Latino patients, CDC says

By Laura Baisas

An uncooked brown crab sitting among among seaweed and water.
Animals

Neanderthals caught and cooked crabs 90,000 years ago

By Laura Baisas

Jupiter and its four planet-size moons, called the Galilean satellites, were first photographed in early March 1979 by Voyager 1 and assembled into this collage. They are not to scale but are in their relative positions.
Moons

Astronomers find 12 more moons orbiting Jupiter

By Laura Baisas

A wolf-like puppy surrounded by other puppies tries howling.
Animals

Do domesticated dogs howl back at wolves?

By Laura Baisas

This aerial view shows residents helped by bulldozers, searching for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings, following an earthquake in the town of Sarmada in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, early on February 6, 2023.
Science

Rescue underway after deadly earthquake hits Turkey and Syria

By Laura Baisas

A scan of a mastodon skeleton with an arrow pointing to the trajectory of the spear.
Animals

Ancient humans used mastodon bones to hunt the giant beasts

By Laura Baisas

A young woman applies eye drops.
Health

The CDC warns EzriCare eyedrops may contain dangerous drug-resistant bacteria

By Laura Baisas

The city of Beijing, China shrouded in a hazy layer of air pollution.
Climate Change

China’s decision to reduce coal-powered heating may have saved 23,000 lives

By Laura Baisas

An emergency room at a hospital during the day,
Health

The US’s healthcare system discourages people from getting care, new study says

By Laura Baisas

Three fishers fish for salmon in Alaska.
Climate Change

Biden’s recent climate decisions will close mines, protect salmon, and may permit drilling in Alaska

By Laura Baisas

A fossilized fish brain alongside of a penny for size comparison.
Animals

Scientists find 319-million-year-old fossilized fish brain

By Laura Baisas

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz holds up a piece of legislation, surrounded by supporters of the PRO Act.
Health

Minnesota just became the first post-Roe state to make abortion a right

By Laura Baisas

Two translucent Golden-line Barbell fish, also known as Sinocyclocheilus hyalinus, swim in a tank at Taipei, Taiwan on June 2, 2005.
Animals

Unicorns do exist—as a cave fish in China

By Laura Baisas

Two giant, circular ground telescopes with an overlay of a starry night sky.
Deep Space

Cosmic cartographers release a more accurate map of the universe’s matter

By Laura Baisas

An emperor tamarin monkey sits in a tree.
Animals

Animals at the Dallas Zoo keep vanishing from their enclosures

By Laura Baisas

President Joe Biden gesturing and speaking at the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) Tunnel North Portal on January 30, 2023 in Baltimore, Maryland.
COVID-19

Biden will end COVID-19 national emergencies in May. Here’s what that means.

By Laura Baisas

A northern pygmy owl with brown and white feathers perched on a tree branch and staring.
Animals

Songbird species team up to ‘mob’ owls and other predators

By Laura Baisas

A dolphin breaching near a fisherman standing in the water in Laguna, Brazil.
Animals

When humans and dolphins fish together, they both win

By Laura Baisas

A pink wave curs in the Pacific Ocean.
Conservation

Gnarly pink waves crash near San Diego

By Laura Baisas

A green tailed comet streaks across the night sky.
Moons

Here’s what to look for in the night sky this February

By Laura Baisas

A male barista pours milk into coffee.
Diseases

Taking milk with your coffee could be good for your health

By Laura Baisas

Two small prairie voles.
Animals

These fuzzy burrowers don’t need oxytocin to fall in love

By Laura Baisas

A doctor in a surgical mask holding a vial of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.
COVID-19

The FDA says get used to COVID-19 vaccine boosters

By Laura Baisas

Am ancient Egyptian statue of a person with short hair from a recently discovered burial site.
Archaeology

A gold-laced mummy could be the ‘oldest and most complete’ specimen found in Egypt

By Laura Baisas

A seaweed farm underwater near an island in Indonesia.
Agriculture

Why seaweed farming could be the next big thing in sustainability

By 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