Wildfires have existed for as long as plants have been on land. These fires are not inherently bad, but in many regions they are becoming larger, more intense and faster-moving. In the western United States, extensive fires are now commonplace. For example, in July, the Park wildfire in northern California spread to more than 50,000 […]
“I want you to experience the best show possible, and I’m not in a place to do that right now,” the musician confirmed Clairo has pulled the plug on three performances in Toronto. The musician, Claire Cottrill, was scheduled to play a run of shows at Massey Hall beginning Oct. 23. She announced on Xformerly […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As global temperatures continue to rise, countries in South Asia have experienced increasingly severe heat waves that pose unique challenges to workers—both indoors and outdoors—in the tropical belt. As early as April this year, many cities in India, including its capital, New Delhi, set record-breaking temperatures above 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat […]
The mesopelagic Twilight Zone is rich in life. Clockwise from top: mesopelagic jellyfish, viperfish, lanternfish, larvacean, copepod and squid. Credit: Wikimedia/Drazen et al, CC BY-NC-ND On land, we’re familiar with heat waves and cold snaps. But the deep sea also experiences prolonged periods of hot and cold. Marine heat waves and cold spells can severely […]
Director Parker Finn beat the odds with the first “Smile” film. Shot for $17 million, the 2022 horror turned into a box office behemoth grossing over $200 million worldwide. So while shooting “Smile 2,” Finn took the same approach, pushing his budget and schedule to the limits in a process he described as fitting “a […]
Ta3a is active at NaVchannel isoforms, shifts the current-voltage plot to the left and impairs whole-cell inactivation of NaV1.7 channels. Credit: Journal of Biological Chemistry (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107757 University of Queensland researchers have uncovered the workings of ant venom by measuring electric currents through individual channels in cells to understand how it causes pain. Dr. […]
Getty Images Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs are 5-0 this season, but quarterback Patrick Mahomes is far from being in the running for NFL MVP. Kansas City’s offense is just average, scoring 23.6 points per game and ranking 15th in the league in that department. Mahomes has thrown just as many touchdowns (six) as he […]
No, it will not actually reach 832 degrees in Brazil’s capital this weekend.
A green-crowned brilliant hummingbird feeds on a cactus flower in Costa Rica. Jon G Fuller / Eye Ubiquitous / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Everyone loves to watch hummingbirds—tiny, brightly colored blurs that dart about, hovering at flowers and pugnaciously defending their ownership of a feeder. But to the scientists who study them, hummingbirds […]
Joe Spring Associate Editor, Science The stories on artificial intelligence’s improving ability to predict extreme weather often begin with powerful hurricanes. As Scientific American detailed this year, when Hurricane Lee was moving through the Atlantic Ocean last September, scientists using traditional weather models got a clear idea of where the hurricane would go just six […]
