More from Laura Baisas (Page 28)

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

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

First study of cancer-detecting blood test shows hopeful results
Cancer

First study of cancer-detecting blood test shows hopeful results

By Laura Baisas

A blue whale near Sri Lanka and a container ship.
Ocean

World’s largest shipping company reroutes ships to protect world’s largest animals

By Laura Baisas

These tiny ‘dragons’ flew through the trees of Madagascar 200 million years ago
Dinosaurs

These tiny ‘dragons’ flew through the trees of Madagascar 200 million years ago

By Laura Baisas

Scientists used lasers to make the coldest matter in the universe
Particle Physics

Scientists used lasers to make the coldest matter in the universe

By Laura Baisas

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar
Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

By Laura Baisas

A rare tropical storm will skirt by the Southwest, just days after historic heatwave
Weather

A rare tropical storm will skirt by the Southwest, just days after historic heatwave

By Laura Baisas

Up close image of mosquito.
Vaccines

New four-dose malaria vaccine is up to 80 percent effective

By Laura Baisas

A cooked lobster claw.
Ocean

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

A bluefin tuna swimming in the open ocean.
Ocean

Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies

By Laura Baisas

The sun’s chromosphere is shades of golden in these new images
Sun

The sun’s chromosphere is shades of golden in these new images

By Laura Baisas

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas
Ocean

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas

By Laura Baisas

The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula
Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula

By Laura Baisas

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster
Vaccines

China approves world’s first nasal COVID-19 vaccine booster

By Laura Baisas

Historic heat dome sets yet another climate record in Western US
Global Warming

Historic heat dome sets yet another climate record in Western US

By Laura Baisas

The Thwaites ‘doomsday’ glacier is on the cusp of disaster
Climate Change

The Thwaites ‘doomsday’ glacier is on the cusp of disaster

By Laura Baisas

Two decades-long studies link ultra-processed foods to cancer and premature death
Cancer

Two decades-long studies link ultra-processed foods to cancer and premature death

By Laura Baisas

See the first image of an exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope
Space Telescope

See the first image of an exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope

By Laura Baisas

Artistic reconstruction of Mbiresaurus raathi
Dinosaurs

Zimbabwe’s newest dinosaur may be Africa’s oldest

By Laura Baisas

Rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña predicted for 2022
Weather

Rare ‘triple dip’ La Niña predicted for 2022

By Laura Baisas

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback
Birds

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback

By Laura Baisas

A gloved hand drawing a vaccine.
Vaccines

FDA green lights Omicron-targeting mRNA vaccine boosters

By Laura Baisas

A prolonged drought lowered the level of the Elbe River so much that the so-called Hunger Stone, one of the oldest hydrological monuments in Central Europe, appeared in Decin, Czech Republic on August 18, 2022. It heralded the famine years - reduced harvests due to drought. The stone is engraved with the years, the oldest from 1616, and inscriptions, the most distinct of which are the old German "Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine"
Climate Change

‘Hunger stones’ showing the history of drought in Europe are resurfacing

By Laura Baisas

People wade across a flooded street after heavy monsoon rainfall in Karachi on July 25, 2022
Climate Change

A ‘monsoon on steroids’ has submerged a third of Pakistan

By Laura Baisas

Male dolphins form alliances to help each other pick up mates
Animals

Male dolphins form alliances to help each other pick up mates

By Laura Baisas

Hubble image captures stars forming in a far-off phantom galaxy
Space Telescope

Hubble image captures stars forming in a far-off phantom galaxy

By Laura Baisas

NASA delays Artemis 1 launch due to engine bleed
Moons

NASA delays Artemis 1 launch due to engine bleed

By Laura Baisas

Europe’s largest dinosaur skeleton may have been hiding in a Portuguese backyard
Dinosaurs

Europe’s largest dinosaur skeleton may have been hiding in a Portuguese backyard

By Laura Baisas

In a first, James Webb Space Telescope reveals distant gassy atmosphere is filled with carbon dioxide
Exoplanets

In a first, James Webb Space Telescope reveals distant gassy atmosphere is filled with carbon dioxide

By Laura Baisas

Federally funded research will be paywall-free by 2026
Science

Federally funded research will be paywall-free by 2026

By Laura Baisas

Long COVID could be keeping as many as 4 million Americans out of work
COVID-19

Long COVID could be keeping as many as 4 million Americans out of work

By Laura Baisas

Newly discovered exoplanet may be a ‘Super Earth’ covered in water
Exoplanets

Newly discovered exoplanet may be a ‘Super Earth’ covered in water

By Laura Baisas

California poised to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars
Fossil Fuels

California poised to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars

By Laura Baisas

Smoke stacks at coal burning power plant
Fossil Fuels

Hawaii’s only coal plant will shut down for good in September

By Laura Baisas

You might have a doppelgänger who shares your DNA
Biology

You might have a doppelgänger who shares your DNA

By Laura Baisas

Skull research sheds light on human-Neanderthal interbreeding
Evolution

Skull research sheds light on human-Neanderthal interbreeding

By Laura Baisas

Tropical Fish on a coral reef and Doublebar bream.
Ocean

For marine life to survive, we must cut carbon emissions

By Laura Baisas

A mysterious virus is killing dogs in Michigan
Dogs

A mysterious virus is killing dogs in Michigan

By Laura Baisas

An enhanced color composite image of Jupiter. The planet's rings and some of its small satellites are visible along with background galaxies.
NASA

Jupiter is a dreamlike jewel in new James Webb Space Telescope images

By Laura Baisas

Severe droughts are bringing archaeological wonders and historic horrors to the surface
Climate Change

Severe droughts are bringing archaeological wonders and historic horrors to the surface

By Laura Baisas

Geologists: We’re not ready for volcanoes
Science

Geologists: We’re not ready for volcanoes

By Laura Baisas

Certain PFAS were destroyed with a common soap ingredient in lab tests
Science

Certain PFAS were destroyed with a common soap ingredient in lab tests

By Laura Baisas

NASA’s oldest probe, Voyager 2, is turning 45 at the solar system’s edge
Deep Space

NASA’s oldest probe, Voyager 2, is turning 45 at the solar system’s edge

By Laura Baisas

Fake Galileo manuscript suspected to be a 20th-century forgery
Science

Fake Galileo manuscript suspected to be a 20th-century forgery

By Laura Baisas

Deposit Photos
Environment

What the Colorado River’s record lows mean for western US

By Laura Baisas

J. J. Giraldo
Dinosaurs

3D models show the megalodon was faster, fiercer than we ever thought

By Laura Baisas

This small asteroid has a tiny moon of its own
Science

This small asteroid has a tiny moon of its own

By Laura Baisas

A mosquito bites human skin
Health

New York City sees a record-breaking number of West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction
Wildlife

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

By Laura Baisas

Older couple sitting on bench in Miami.
Global Warming

By 2050, most of the US will be blanketed by extreme heat belt

By Laura Baisas

Celestial Cloudscape in the Orion Nebula
NASA

NASA releases Hubble images of cotton candy-colored clouds in Orion Nebula

By Laura Baisas

Baby hippo Fritz with mother at Cincinnati Zoo.
Wildlife

Cincinnati Zoo welcomes surprise baby hippo after mother’s birth control ‘fritzes’

By Laura Baisas