By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Thousands of bone fragments discovered in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau in China are offering rare insight into the lives of Denisovans, the mysterious extinct cousins of Neanderthals and our own species, showing they hunted a wide range of animals from sheep to woolly rhinoceros in this high-altitude abode. […]
dog-food-recall-listeria Pet parents care a lot about what we feed our fur babies, and in addition to containing premium ingredients to keep our cats and dogs happy and healthy, we also want to be sure what we feed them is safe. Sometimes the worst happens and the food that we thought was safe for our […]
(This June 25 story has been corrected to show the European Commission said that Finland would be the first to roll out the vaccine, not CSL, in paragraph 3) HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said […]
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” The 23rd chromosome base pair contains what are known as our sex chromosomes. For most females, this pair contains two X chromosomes, while for most males, it contains one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Since 2010, scientists have known […]
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Futurist Raymond Kurzweil has a new book coming that spells out why he believes that nanorobots are the key to helping humans live significantly longer. Kurzweil believes that the pursuit of human longevity centers on ensuring that our cells donât […]
As the busy summer travel season begins, Tennesseans and tourists will hit the road to enjoy all the state has to offer. Known for its natural beauty, Tennessee has 13 byways with the designation of National Scenic Byway and/or All-American Road based on their intrinsic qualities that are regionally or nationally significant. While these byways […]
Autonomous vehicles generally have a lower risk of accidents than those driven by humans, however, there are some notable exceptions, according to a new analysis. US researchers from the University of Central Florida found that automated vehicles are significantly more likely to be involved in accidents at dusk and when turning. Their findings were published […]
“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Futurist Raymond Kurzweil has a new book coming that spells out why he believes that nanorobots are the key to helping humans live significantly longer. Kurzweil believes that the pursuit of human longevity centers on ensuring that our cells donât […]
Whatâs in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but weâre one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and investigating how they use them can improve scientistsâ understanding of both other animals and ourselves. As elephant researchers who have […]
Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsinâs Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves, gowns, smocks and masks and going through what felt like endless rounds of disinfection as they moved between the cages of the sick and injured […]
Neanderthal genes seen in modern humans may have entered our DNA through an interval of interbreeding starting about 47,000 years ago that lasted nearly 7,000 years, new research finds. Neanderthals were among the closest extinct relatives of modern humans (Homo sapiens), with the ancestors of both lineages diverging about 500,000 years ago. More than a […]
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The bird flu virus strain that infected a Texas dairy farm worker in March was lethal to ferrets in experiments designed to mimic the disease in humans, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday. Seasonal flu, by contrast, makes ferrets sick but does not kill […]