More from Laura Baisas (Page 27)

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

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

By Laura Baisas

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

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
Bears

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
Vaccines

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
Mars

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
Endangered Species

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
Space X

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
Space

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
Cats

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
Space Telescope

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
Global Warming

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.
Whales

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
Evolution

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.
Evolution

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
Dinosaurs

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
Space X

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
Medicine

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
Science

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
Wildlife

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
Ocean

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

By Laura Baisas

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge
Global Warming

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
Space Telescope

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
Space

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
Fossil Fuels

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
Science

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

By Laura Baisas

A diabetes management kit.
Vaccines

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
Weather

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
Space Telescope

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
Weather

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
Space

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
Nutrition

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
Pollution

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
Space Telescope

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
Mental 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
Birds

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
Weather

Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan with record breaking rain

By Laura Baisas

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

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

By Laura Baisas

Typhoon Merbok breaks records as it lashes the Alaskan coast
Weather

Typhoon Merbok breaks records as it lashes the Alaskan coast

By Laura Baisas

Hurricane Fiona leaves most of Puerto Rico without power
Weather

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
Archaeology

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

Phase out fossil fuels now to avoid a devastating global health crisis, WHO warns
Fossil Fuels

Phase out fossil fuels now to avoid a devastating global health crisis, WHO warns

By Laura Baisas

Citing a fivefold increase in weather-related disasters, a new UN report urges more ambitious climate goals
Climate Change

Citing a fivefold increase in weather-related disasters, a new UN report urges more ambitious climate goals

By Laura Baisas

A CDC worker is examining these samples for polio.
Diseases

Polio is officially circulating in the US again

By Laura Baisas

Tricolored bats are imperiled by deadly fungal disease
Animals

Tricolored bats are imperiled by deadly fungal disease

By Laura Baisas

Vile of ketamine in doctor's hands.
Mental Health

New study highlights ketamine’s promise for treatment-resistant depression

By Laura Baisas

Cockatoos are pillaging trashcans in Australia, and humans can’t seem to stop them
Birds

Cockatoos are pillaging trashcans in Australia, and humans can’t seem to stop them

By Laura Baisas

This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack
Dinosaurs

This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack

By Laura Baisas