More from Laura Baisas (Page 2)

two donkeys looking directly at the camera in a green field with a blue sky
Psychology

Why using a donkey to treat whooping cough makes sense

By Laura Baisas

a mom and daughter camping with their dog. a tall mountain is in the foreground
Dogs

Pet dogs can help teens’ mental health

By Laura Baisas

a scared man with several dental tools in his mouth
Medicine

Quieter dental drills may be on the horizon

By Laura Baisas

a couple riding bikes in the pouring rain while holding umbrellas
Weather

What does ‘chance of precipitation’ really mean? A meteorologist explains.

By Laura Baisas

A dress inspired by the paradise riflebird, uses a new ultra-black fabric created in Cornell University’s Responsive Apparel Design Lab.
Physics

The darkest fabric ever made is now a dress

By Laura Baisas

an orange cat sits on ancient ruins
Cats

Roman military helped bring cats to Europe

By Laura Baisas

an bird with white and black feathers called an albatross
Birds

Record-breaking 75-year-old mother bird prepares to nest

By Laura Baisas

A female kestrel in a cherry orchard in northern Michigan.
Birds

Falcons help keep bird poop off your delicious cherries

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a baby, a young woman, and adult woman, and an elderly woman walking
Psychology

Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83

By Laura Baisas

a small chihuahua running
Dogs

Your pet dog really does have wolf genes

By Laura Baisas

A monk parakeet preens a friend. Researchers used dye markers to identify individuals for their social experiment.
Birds

Parakeets teach a lesson in friendship

By Laura Baisas

a man rows a rowboat with a large black dog swimming next to him
Dogs

A day with Newfoundlands, the original ship’s dog

By Laura Baisas

green moss on a rock
International Space Station

Moss survived 283 days in space, shocking biologists

By Laura Baisas

The center of the image has the brightest pixel, indicating where the comet is. The next brightest shades in the image indicate areas where the instrument detected atoms of hydrogen coming from the comet. This hydrogen is released when sunlight heats the comet, causing its water ice to turn directly into vapor. Once released into space, the water molecules break apart into oxygen and hydrogen atoms.
NASA

New NASA images confirm comet 3I/ATLAS is not aliens

By Andrew Paul, Laura Baisas

Scanning electron microscopy image of the engineered 3D bone marrow tissue colonized with human blood cells (red). Andrés García García, University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine
Cancer

New lab-made bone marrow model is a bioengineering first

By Laura Baisas

a baby chimp on an adult chimpanzee's back
Wildlife

Chimpanzees’ brutal battle for territory leads to a baby boom

By Laura Baisas

a catering table set up with large plates of food
Nutrition

Gastronomists study 100 years of menus to reveal food’s political power

By Laura Baisas

two black whales under water. one is diving down the other is looking at a camera head on
Whales

Hawaii’s short-finned pilot whales eat over 77,000 squid a year

By Laura Baisas

Sperm whales swimming in clear water
Whales

Sperm whales use vowels like humans, new study finds

By Laura Baisas

person petting a turtle
Endangered Species

Trafficked turtles get a second chance at life in New Jersey sanctuary

By Laura Baisas

a winter outlook map of the united states for 2025-2026
Agriculture

The ‘Farmer’s Almanac’ says goodbye after 208 years

By Laura Baisas

a woodpecker with black white and a little bit of red plumage on a tree
Birds

Woodpeckers grunt like tennis players

By Laura Baisas

hermit crab with pink creature on its head
Animals

New species looks like a fuzzy pink hermit crab wig

By Laura Baisas

rotten eggs with black and white fuzzy mold on them
Medicine

Stinky ‘rotten egg’ gas could fight nail infections

By Laura Baisas

a bird with white and gray plummage
Ocean

Rare seabird saved after swallowing four large fishhooks

By Laura Baisas

a full moon rises over the ocean
Moons

Brightest supermoon of 2025 lights up the sky this week

By Laura Baisas

a mosquito on a white daisy
Insects

This mosquito death trap is all-natural and very deadly

By Laura Baisas

A wasp spider in its web inside Sierra Mariola Natural Park in Bocairent, Valencian Community, Spain.
Spiders

Spiders ‘decorate’ their webs to help trap dinner

By Laura Baisas

a zombie worm, it is long and cylindrical with tentacles
Ocean

Zombie worms have gone missing

By Laura Baisas

A large planetary nebula. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, illuminating the nearby dust. Two large loops extend diagonally away from the centre, formed of thin ridges of molecular gas, here coloured blue. They stretch out to the corners of the view. A huge number of bright, whitish stars cover the background, also easily visible through the thin dust layers.
Space Telescope

Red Spider Nebula glows in ethereal new JWST image

By Laura Baisas

Artist's recreation of ‘Epiatheracerium itjilik’ in its forested lake habitat, Devon Island, Early Miocene, 23 million years ago. The plants and animals shown, including a rodent, rabbit and the transitional seal ‘Puijila darwini,’ are all based on fossilized remains found at the site.
Wildlife

Rhinos once lived in Canada

By Laura Baisas

The blue marked Queen of a Carniolan honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica) colony is searching for a place to insert an egg.
Bees

Queen bees are violently ousted if worker bees smell weakness

By Laura Baisas

a close up of leopard spots
Wildlife

Why do animals have spots and stripes?

By Laura Baisas

The tree is constructed from a metal pole, with sea glass strung down from the top.
Science

Meet the man who built a 15-foot-tall sea glass Christmas tree

By Laura Baisas

a rattlesnake with an open mouth bearing its fangs
Wildlife

How snake bites really work

By Laura Baisas

pinworm under microscope
Diseases

Ancient poop from Mexico’s ‘Cave of the Dead Children’ teems with parasites

By Laura Baisas

a kakapo
Birds

World’s only flightless parrot doing okay against ‘crusty bum’ disease

By Laura Baisas

A 50 cent coin from 1817 (left) and an 1846 Liberty head one-cent coin (right) are just two of the numerous objects uncovered in a dig in Troy, Ohio.
Archaeology

Rare 19th-century coins found after fire at historic tavern

By Laura Baisas

a woman running with snow-capped mountains in the background
Fitness & Exercise

Ultra-endurance athletes can burn up to 8,000 calories per day

By Laura Baisas

a baby sea turtle crawling on sand
Ocean

Green sea turtle no longer Endangered

By Laura Baisas

ASU marine biologist and conservation scientist Jesse Senko fishes a solar-powered illuminated net off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Ocean

Saving sea turtles with solar-powered fishing nets

By Laura Baisas

human bones in the background. in the foreground a hand holds samples of liquids
Archaeology

A mummy microbiome hides inside 1,000-year-old poop

By Laura Baisas

a lobster with orange and black coloring
Ocean

Rare 1-in-30-million calico lobster makes her spooky debut

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a marine reptile swimming amongst fish
Evolution

Jurassic ‘sword dragon’ uncovered in England

By Laura Baisas

three birds crowding around a white foraging puzzle
Birds

Young birds get by with a little help from their…siblings

By Laura Baisas

a woman using nail clippers to cut her big toe nail
Cancer

Scientists need your toenails

By Laura Baisas

a brown dog holds a plush monkey
Dogs

Dogs really can be addicted to their toys

By Laura Baisas

a team of researchers using ropes to move a large statue
Archaeology

How Easter Island’s famed heads ‘walked’

By Laura Baisas

a fly with green and black coloring lands on a green leaf
Insects

Surgical tools could get a bug-inspired upgrade

By Laura Baisas

a collage of several rare coins and bank notes
Archaeology

A rare coin treasure hunt kicks off in 4 American cities

By Laura Baisas

a black and white photo of a ship leaning on its side in sea ice
Archaeology

Ernest Shackleton knew ‘Endurance’ had shortcomings, new study says

By Laura Baisas

a side by side image of a blue container of white yogurt on the left and two ants on a log on the right
Insects

Ants can be used to make ‘tangy’ yogurt

By Laura Baisas

Artifacts found while Dr. Kathleen Martínez searches for Cleopatra's tomb.
Archaeology

The search for Cleopatra’s long-lost tomb leads to sunken seaport

By Laura Baisas

an older couple holding hands as the sun sets
Wildlife

Women really do live longer than men. Here’s why.

By Laura Baisas

a station wagon in a driveway
Projects

A life-long car lover recreated the Griswold’s famous station wagon

By Laura Baisas

Composite drone photograph of the large panel at Jebel Misma. The engravings are traced to show 19 life-sized camels and 3 equids. Naturalistic animals belonging to the middle phase are traced in white. The more stylized and standardized depictions of the later phase traced in blue. Unidentified lines traced in black.
Archaeology

Camels depicted in 12,000-year-old rock art

By Laura Baisas

a venus fly trap closes on a fly.
Evolution

Venus fly traps’ death-grip trigger discovered

By Laura Baisas

a new broccoli growing
Agriculture

New broccoli hybrid can thrive in colder climates

By Laura Baisas

a sparkly iron ore
Archaeology

This ‘funny-looking rock’ holds 3,000 years of Iron Age secrets

By Laura Baisas

a woman sitting on the couch with her cat scratching the cat behind its ears
Cats

Cat owners donate more money than dog owners

By Laura Baisas

a great white shark biting an orange test fabric
Sharks

Shark bite-resistant wetsuits could save lives

By Laura Baisas

a graphic of the brain with several multi-colored balls inside
Psychology

Why some memories stick while others fade

By Laura Baisas

a woman sneezing by a window with sun streaming in
Medicine

UV light can fight indoor allergens

By Laura Baisas

a man hiking on a sunny fall day standing near a grove of trees changing color and a lake
Health

What exactly is the UV Index? A dermatologist explains.

By Laura Baisas