Nicole Montanez called four hotels on Tuesday before finding a room where she could safely evacuate with her son and her 4-year-old Havanese, Diego. The dog coughed throughout the 75-minute car ride from Pacific Palisades to Marina del Rey, where the family was taking shelter from the wildfires searing through Los Angeles. “I’ve got to […]
The human gut microbiome plays a critical role in the body, communicating with the brain and maintaining the immune system through the gut-brain axis. So it isn’t totally far-fetched to suggest that microbes could play an even larger role in our neurobiology. Fishing for Microbes For years, Irene Salinas has been fascinated by a simple […]
Despite the arrival of 11 chicks last year and five new adults, the keepers can recognise the Humboldt penguins individually. With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated stocktake. The zoo, which is […]
A travel nightmare for some JetBlue passengers trying to get home to Boston after a holiday vacation in the Turks and Caicos. In all, their flight was delayed about 24 hours and they had nowhere to go. They say they were even kicked out of the airport on the island. “To put people out on […]
When triggered by an odor, rapid changes in membrane voltage and intracellular calcium ion levels occur in nematode olfactory neurons, causing membrane voltage sensors and calcium ion sensors to fluctuate in fluorescent intensity. Using high-speed capture under a microscope, followed by image processing, researchers from Kyushu University simultaneously measured these changes, showing that the two […]
A global crackdown on fentanyl has led cartels to innovate production methods and test their risky formulas on people, as well as rabbits and chickens.
In 2025 we will see AI and machine learning leveraged to make real progress in understanding animal communication, answering a question that has puzzled humans as long as we have existed: “What are animals saying to each other?” The recent Coller-Dolittle Prizeoffering cash prizes up to half-a-million dollars for scientists who “crack the code” is […]
The United States has now seen dozens of human bird flu cases this year, all of them mild—until now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday that a patient in Louisiana has been hospitalized with a severe case of avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus. This marks the first instance of severe […]
An Alabama woman has become the third person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, her doctors announced Tuesday. Towana Looney, 53, is off of kidney dialysis after undergoing the procedure at NYU Langone Health on November 25. She was discharged from the hospital on December 6, and her doctors say she […]
Two human cases of the H5N1 virus, also known as avian flu or bird flu, have been confirmed in San Joaquin County, public health officials announced on Friday. The cases occurred in farmworkers with known exposure to infected animals. Both of the farmworkers have had mild symptoms and are recovering, according to public health officials. […]
