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Newly-discovered virus has voracious appetite for anthrax
The newly-discovered anthrax-devouring Tsamsa virus, found in a zebra carcass in Namibia, could lead to new ways to combat deadly anthrax bacteria.
January 30, 2014
Space travel weakens flies’ immune systems
Fruit flies sent as eggs on a 12-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery had a key part of their immune system weakened, as they grew in space.
January 30, 2014
Will the Black Death reemerge?
Scientists have analyzed the genomes of two of the world's most devastating plagues - each killed about half the people in Europe. The findings suggest a new strain of plague could emerge in humans again.
January 29, 2014
7,000-year-old hunter-gatherer had dark skin, blue eyes
Researchers analyzed the DNA from a tooth belonging to the 7,000-year-old remains of European hunter-gatherer to determine his appearance.
January 28, 2014
Large sharks and rays could go extinct in coming decades
"Losing these fish will be like losing whole chapters of our evolutionary history." - Nick Dulvy
January 28, 2014
Chinese moon rover Yutu is in trouble
The little robotic explorer is China's first on the moon. The Chang'e 3 that carried it set down in December. The rover might not survive the lunar night.
January 28, 2014
Persistent hunting can help win the war on lionfish
“And we don’t have to catch every lionfish to do it.” - Stephanie Green, Oregon State University.
January 27, 2014
China’s polluted air is changing the weather, says study
Pollutant particles from China's factories, industrial plants, and power plants affect cloud formations and weather systems worldwide, a new study shows.
January 27, 2014
Strong earthquake on island in western Greece
Reports of the magnitude of the January 26, 2014 earthquake in Greece vary, but, at this time, the USGS is still reporting the quake as a magnitude 6.0.
January 26, 2014
This date in science: A record-setting dive into the deepest ocean
On January, 23, 1960, the bathyscaphe Trieste made a record-setting dive to the deepest known part of the ocean.
January 23, 2014
