The third year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States introduced vaccines for very young children and an updated booster, plus wider availability of an antiviral drug and at-home…
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Katydids had the earliest known insect ears 160 million years ago
Over 100 million years ago, the chirps of insects known as katydids dominated the sounds of Earth’s nights. Now, fossils reveal what the katydid ears that heard those sounds looked…
Katydids had the earliest known insect ears 160 million years ago
Over 100 million years ago, the chirps of insects known as katydids dominated the sounds of Earth’s nights. Now, fossils reveal what the katydid ears that heard those sounds looked…
The tiny satellite aiming to reveal what dark matter is made of
Milky Way over sand dunes in Cervantes, Australia. Credit: Nik Coli/Shutterstock The European Space Agency (ESA) recently announced a new mission of its science program: a small telescope orbiting the…
Viruses other than the coronavirus made headlines in 2022
This year delivered many sobering reminders that the coronavirus isn’t the only viral threat out there. Mpox went global The mpox virus, a relative of the virus that causes smallpox,…
How much water should you drink a day? It depends on several factors
Are you drinking enough water? The question seems like it should have a straightforward answer — a specific amount of water you need to drink daily to combat dehydration. But…
Why pandemic fatigue and COVID-19 burnout took over in 2022
2022 was the year many people decided the coronavirus pandemic had ended. President Joe Biden said as much in an interview with 60 Minutes in September. “The pandemic is over,”…
50 years ago, physicists found the speed of light
A New Figure for the Cosmic Speed Limit – Science News, December 2, 1972 A group at the National Bureau of Standards at Boulder, Colo., now reports an extremely accurate…
Brief bursts of activity offer health benefits for people who don’t exercise
Making day-to-day activities more vigorous for a few minutes — such as briefly stepping up the pace of a walk — could offer people who don’t exercise some of the…
A bizarre gamma-ray burst breaks the rules for these cosmic eruptions
Astronomers have spotted a bright gamma-ray burst that upends previous theories of how these energetic cosmic eruptions occur. For decades, astronomers thought that GRBs came in two flavors, long and…
