More from Laura Baisas

A concussion examination.
Fitness & Exercise

Children with concussions might benefit from short screen time spurts

By Laura Baisas

NASA asteroid probe Lucy flying through the solar system's asteroid belt in illustration
NASA

Look up! NASA’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft will slingshot past Earth this weekend.

By Laura Baisas

Animals notice—and adapt—when humans are in national parks
Animals

Animals notice—and adapt—when humans are in national parks

By Laura Baisas

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine
COVID-19

The risk of heart inflammation is higher for COVID infections than the vaccine

By Laura Baisas

People will throw away about 5.3 billion phones this year
Climate Change

People will throw away about 5.3 billion phones this year

By Laura Baisas

Wildlife populations have decreased 70 percent in only 50 years, report finds
Animals

Wildlife populations have decreased 70 percent in only 50 years, report finds

By Laura Baisas

This dinosaur ended up mummified thanks to an ancient crocodile attack
Dinosaurs

This dinosaur ended up mummified thanks to an ancient crocodile attack

By Laura Baisas

What spun this exquisite deep-space ‘spider web’? (Hint: not aliens.)
Deep Space

What spun this exquisite deep-space ‘spider web’? (Hint: not aliens.)

By Laura Baisas

Our long childhoods could be linked to food-gathering skills
Biology

Our long childhoods could be linked to food-gathering skills

By Laura Baisas

Rain storms have gotten more intense across most of the US
Climate Change

Rain storms have gotten more intense across most of the US

By Laura Baisas

At 1,400 pounds, Bear Force One wins this year’s Fat Bear Week showdown
Animals

At 1,400 pounds, Bear Force One wins this year’s Fat Bear Week showdown

By Laura Baisas

Blue fragments of Dimorphos asteroid and DART seen from space telescope
Deep Space

NASA is pumped about its asteroid-smacking accuracy

By Laura Baisas

Colonoscopies still recommended for older adults, despite tepid new research
Cancer

Colonoscopies still recommended for older adults, despite tepid new research

By Laura Baisas

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial
COVID-19

Oxford/AstraZeneca nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine fails first trial

By Laura Baisas

Billions of years ago, Mars may have been bustling with climate-changing microbes
Biology

Billions of years ago, Mars may have been bustling with climate-changing microbes

By Laura Baisas

Despite longer hunting seasons, Idaho’s wolf population could be holding steady
Animals

Despite longer hunting seasons, Idaho’s wolf population could be holding steady

By Laura Baisas

Nicole A. Mann becomes first Native American woman in space
International Space Station

Nicole A. Mann becomes first Native American woman in space

By Laura Baisas

A meteor shower and Hunter’s Moon will light the night the sky this weekend
Science

A meteor shower and Hunter’s Moon will light the night the sky this weekend

By Laura Baisas

La Niña hits Sydney with record-breaking rain
Climate Change

La Niña hits Sydney with record-breaking rain

By Laura Baisas

Coyote walking on street
Animals

Culver City is home to a unique cat versus coyote conflict

By Laura Baisas

X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images
Deep Space

X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images

By Laura Baisas

falling water levels on the rhine near cologne august 2022
Climate Change

Hotter summers are baking the water out of soil at unprecedented rates

By Laura Baisas

How do blue whales find food? They check the weather.
Animals

How do blue whales find food? They check the weather.

By Laura Baisas

The key to tastier beer might be mutant yeast—with notes of banana
Biology

The key to tastier beer might be mutant yeast—with notes of banana

By Laura Baisas

a colorful illustration of two bipedal dinosaurs
Biology

This pterosaur ancestor was a tiny, flightless dog-like dinosaur

By Laura Baisas

2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless in a gold and black illustration
Science

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry just went to 3 scientists who simplified reactions in the lab

By Laura Baisas

US Vice President Kamala Harris holds up a map of state abortion bans post-Roe v. Wade
Health

The Biden administration plans to expand abortion access in all states

By Laura Baisas

Water droplets rising from Iceland's Skogafoss waterfall.
Biology

Here’s how life on Earth might have formed out of thin air and water

By Laura Baisas

Dinosaur-killing asteroid created a tsunami with 2-mile-high waves
Animals

Dinosaur-killing asteroid created a tsunami with 2-mile-high waves

By Laura Baisas

SpaceX and NASA are studying how to bump Hubble into higher orbit
Deep Space

SpaceX and NASA are studying how to bump Hubble into higher orbit

By Laura Baisas

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome
Announcements

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to scientist who sequenced Neanderthal genome

By Laura Baisas

Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought
Animals

Fish got their jaws millions of years earlier than previously thought

By Laura Baisas

We’re one step closer to identifying the first-ever mammals
Animals

We’re one step closer to identifying the first-ever mammals

By Laura Baisas

New cars sold in New York state must be zero-emissions by 2035
Electric Vehicles

New cars sold in New York state must be zero-emissions by 2035

By Laura Baisas

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean
Climate Change

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

By Laura Baisas

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge
Climate Change

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge

By Laura Baisas

See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image
Deep Space

See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image

By Laura Baisas

Potentially harmful respiratory disease may be on the rise in children, warns CDC
Diseases

Potentially harmful respiratory disease may be on the rise in children, warns CDC

By Laura Baisas

The asteroid that created Earth’s largest crater may have been way bigger than we thought
Science

The asteroid that created Earth’s largest crater may have been way bigger than we thought

By Laura Baisas

Gas leaks into the Baltic Sea from Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines
Climate Change

Gas leaks into the Baltic Sea from Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines

By Laura Baisas

A rare diamond is offering a glimpse into a possibly watery world inside the Earth
Environment

A rare diamond is offering a glimpse into a possibly watery world inside the Earth

By Laura Baisas

A diabetes management kit.
COVID-19

Why we should be looking out for diabetes in young people with COVID

By Laura Baisas

DART closeup of Dimorphos asteroid on NASA live tv
Deep Space

NASA’s first attempt to smack an asteroid was picture perfect

By Laura Baisas

Forecasters warn Floridians to prepare for rapidly intensifying Hurricane Ian
Environment

Forecasters warn Floridians to prepare for rapidly intensifying Hurricane Ian

By Laura Baisas

Cat's Eye Nebula 3D model on left; Hubble image of Cat's Eye Nebula in blue, purple, and pink on right
Deep Space

This highly detailed image of the Cat’s Eye Nebula might finally help us understand how it formed

By Laura Baisas

Hurricane Fiona to make historic landfall in Canada
Environment

Hurricane Fiona to make historic landfall in Canada

By Laura Baisas

You’ve seen Mount Doom in the movies, now look at it from space
Environment

You’ve seen Mount Doom in the movies, now look at it from space

By Laura Baisas

Kale is an acquired taste, even in utero
Health

Kale is an acquired taste, even in utero

By Laura Baisas

Is swimming in ice water good for you?
Fitness & Exercise

Is swimming in ice water good for you?

By Laura Baisas

More Americans are surviving cancer now than ever
Cancer

More Americans are surviving cancer now than ever

By Laura Baisas

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis
Climate Change

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

By Laura Baisas

Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image
Deep Space

Neptune’s faint rings glimmer in new James Webb Space Telescope image

By Laura Baisas

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65
Health

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

By Laura Baisas

Listen: Meteoroids make little ‘bloop’ noises when crashing into Mars
Mars

Listen: Meteoroids make little ‘bloop’ noises when crashing into Mars

By Laura Baisas

For woodpeckers, dropping beats could be the same as singing
Animals

For woodpeckers, dropping beats could be the same as singing

By Laura Baisas

STD rates started to spike in the US during the pandemic. Now, they continue to rise.
Diseases

STD rates started to spike in the US during the pandemic. Now, they continue to rise.

By Laura Baisas

Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan with record breaking rain
Environment

Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan with record breaking rain

By Laura Baisas

How many ants are there on Earth? Thousands of billions.
Animals

How many ants are there on Earth? Thousands of billions.

By Laura Baisas

Typhoon Merbok breaks records as it lashes the Alaskan coast
Environment

Typhoon Merbok breaks records as it lashes the Alaskan coast

By Laura Baisas

Hurricane Fiona leaves most of Puerto Rico without power
Environment

Hurricane Fiona leaves most of Puerto Rico without power

By Laura Baisas

Opisthiamimus gregori
Dinosaurs

This 6-inch-long Jurassic creature does a great lizard impersonation

By Laura Baisas

2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners include ducks in a row, constipated scorpions, ice cream, and more
Animals

2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners include ducks in a row, constipated scorpions, ice cream, and more

By Laura Baisas

NASA’s Perseverance rover is on a hunt for microbes on Mars
Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover is on a hunt for microbes on Mars

By Laura Baisas

The origin of Saturn’s slanted rings may link back to a lost, ancient moon
Moons

The origin of Saturn’s slanted rings may link back to a lost, ancient moon

By Laura Baisas