More from Laura Baisas (Page 24)

Grilled bass on a bed of vegetables.
Fish

Freshwater fish are loaded with ‘forever chemicals’

By Laura Baisas

A toddler offering a husky puppy a treat.
Science

Toddlers may be wired to help their dog friends

By Laura Baisas

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

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
Exoplanets

The James Webb Space Telescope just identified its first exoplanet

By Laura Baisas

Industrial pollution from smoke stacks.
Fossil Fuels

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.
Endangered Species

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

By Laura Baisas

Blazing sun over the ocean.
Ocean

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.
Wildlife

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.
Fish

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.
Nutrition

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.
Medicine

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
Solar System

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.
Wildlife

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.
Nutrition

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.
Fish

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.
Insects

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
Science

Large earthquake knocks out power for thousands in Northern California

By Laura Baisas

A young orangutan in a tree.
Wildlife

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.
Evolution

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.
Bees

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

By Laura Baisas

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity
Land

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity

By Laura Baisas

Two sauropods in the sunset.
Dinosaurs

A warming planet may have set the stage for dinosaurs to rule the Earth

By Laura Baisas

A sprinkler watering a lawn.
Climate Change

The nation’s largest water supplier declares a ‘drought emergency’ ahead of 2023

By Laura Baisas

Clams in their woody home.
Wildlife

These clams use poop to dominate their habitat

By Laura Baisas

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults
Vaccines

Ebola vaccines in African countries successfully produced antibodies in kids and adults

By Laura Baisas

Thousands of galaxies over an enormous range in distance and time are seen in exquisite detail, many for the first time
Space Telescope

JWST’s new image unveils a field of glittery galaxies

By Laura Baisas

A page from an 18th Century copy of Dhātupāṭha of Pāṇini from the Cambridge University Library.
Archaeology

This ancient language puzzle was impossible to solve—until a PhD student cracked the code

By Laura Baisas

Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises
Wildlife

Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises

By Laura Baisas

A map of a massive storm system moving across the United States. December 13, 2022.
Weather

Stormy weather brings tornadoes and blizzards across the US

By Laura Baisas

A reconstructed image of Ramsayia, alongside a modern day wombat.
Evolution

Giant wombats the size of small cars once roamed Australia

By Laura Baisas

A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (April 2012).
Mars

For the first time, humans can hear a dust devil roar across Mars

By Laura Baisas

Colorful produce at a grocery store.
Agriculture

Why US vegetable prices have skyrocketed in the past year

By Laura Baisas

Large fossilized fragments of free swimming arthropods
Evolution

Newly discovered fossils give a whole new meaning to jumbo shrimp

By Laura Baisas

Rising sun viewed from the stone causeway of the solar observatory on Mount Tlaloc, Mexico.
Agriculture

The Aztecs’ solar calendar helped grow food for millions of people

By Laura Baisas

The world’s largest active volcano simmers down after eruption
Science

The world’s largest active volcano simmers down after eruption

By Laura Baisas

A thermometer showing temperatures below zero.
Global Warming

Heart disease-related deaths rise in extreme heat and extreme cold

By Laura Baisas

NASA Orion space vehicle on Navy ship with parachutes deployed
Moons

Welcome back to Earth, Orion!

By Laura Baisas, Sara Kiley Watson

An image of the Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132), captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).
Space Telescope

James Webb Space Telescope reconstructed a ‘star party,’ and you’re invited

By Laura Baisas

A Labrador and a terrier play with a rope toy.
Dogs

How breeding dogs for certain traits may have altered their brains

By Laura Baisas

Rice plants growing
Archaeology

People in China have been harvesting rice for more than 10,000 years

By Laura Baisas

A syringe and vial of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Vaccines

Bivalent COVID-19 vaccines now available for children under 5 in the US

By Laura Baisas