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Some turkeys are so big they have a hard time walking, but scientists have found ways to breed healthier birds

Thu, 12/21/2023 - 11:00

A heritage breed black Spanish tom turkey free ranging in a grassy green field. — Farmers bread turkeys to grow so big, so fast, that their skeletons couldn't keep up and their legs gave in. Heritage turkey breeds, like this one, don't have that problem.
Elizabeth Beard

Science, Food, turkeys, Christmas, thanksgiving, Farms, animals

How a California farmer is helping build a Black-led sustainable agriculture revolution

Sat, 12/09/2023 - 06:48

A photo of Dennis Hutson (right) with his brother-in-law Kayode Kadara (left). — Dennis Hutson (right) co-bought the land for TAC farm with his sister and brother-in-law Kayode Kadara (left).
Jo Ann Baumgartner

Science, Voices of Color, Sustainability, Farming, California, Drought, black-farmers

Parasitic worms highjack their hosts' free will, and scientists finally think they know how

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 19:38

A worm, Chordodes fukuii, and a mantid, Tenodera
angustipennis, pose with a leaf for scale. — In a fight between this measly worm and majestic mantis, who do you think would win? You might be surprised.
Takuya Sato

Science, science-freelance, parasite, Insects, mind-control, Biology, Genetics

Cavendish bananas face extinction and not all experts agree on how to save it

Sun, 10/22/2023 - 05:17

The Split Banana — Banana splits may taste different in the future.
Marita G./Yelp

Science, banana, extinction, cavendish-banana, science-freelance, Food, Agriculture

Doctors are now prescribing doxy-PEP, a morning-after pill that helps prevent STIs like gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis

Sat, 10/21/2023 - 08:57

doctors office — Some doctors aren't waiting for the official CDC recommendation to start prescribing doxy-PEP.
Hero Images/Getty Images

Science, science-freelance, STI, chlamydia, syphilis, prescriptions, Sex

One-third of the world's captive orcas are in the US, and no one can agree on what to do with them

Sat, 10/07/2023 - 11:29

blackfish — SeaWorld announced in 2016 that it would stop its orca breeding program.
Magnolia Pictures

Science, science-freelance, Orca, seaworld, blackfish, killer-whale, animals

The world's first dog-fox hybrid was genetically confirmed in Brazil. It's a problem.

Mon, 10/02/2023 - 14:00

Domestic dog on left and pampas fox on right. — A dog-fox hybrid between a domestic dog (like the one on the left) and a pampas fox (like the one on the right) was long thought to be impossible.
Lourdes Balduque / Edsel Querini / Getty Images

Science, the-conversation, hybrids, hybrid-species, dog, fox, Genetics

6 ways humans are transforming Antarctica from a pristine preserve to a polluted wasteland

Sat, 09/30/2023 - 05:16

Tech Insider : Travel

Emperor Penguin chicks — Emperor Penguin chicks at colony Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, where part of the ice melted killing thousands of baby penguins.
David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Science, science-freelance, antarctica, climate-change, Travel

How hydrogen bombs compare to atomic bombs, and how scientists created the most destructive weapon ever

Sun, 09/24/2023 - 05:18

Atomic bomb mushroom cloud on the left compared to a much larger hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud on the right. — The Trinity test (left) was made from an atomic bomb whereas Ivy Mike (right) came from a hydrogen bomb.
Historical / Contributor / Getty Images

Science, atomic-bomb, hydrogen-bomb, thermonuclear-weapons, manhattan-project, nuclear-fusion, nuclear-fission

NASA awarded $850,000 to a company that wants to pick up space trash the old-fashioned way — with bags

Sat, 09/23/2023 - 05:12

space junk debris field earth orbit esa — An illustration of space junk. Satellites and debris are not to scale.
ESA

Science, Transportation, science-freelance, Space, space-trash, space-debris, Astronaut

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