View photos Kurt Kotschral, co-founder of Austria’s Wolf Science Center, with one of its furry residents (AFP Photo/JOE KLAMAR) More Ernstbrunn (Austria) (AFP) – “When they lick your face, keep your mouth closed. They have long tongues,” Kurt Kotrschal tells the group before they enter the wolf enclosure, soliciting a […]
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We got talking, thanks to epigeneticsKenneth Hope/Millennium Images By Andy Coghlan How and when did we first become able to speak? A new analysis of our DNA reveals key evolutionary changes that reshaped our faces and larynxes, and which may have set the stage for complex speech. The alterations were […]
The 45th president is notorious for ignoring scientific adviceMark Wilson/Getty Images IN THE run-up to this week’s solar eclipse, there was one message so ubiquitous that it was hard to ignore: don’t look at the sun without eye protection. But as the moon moved across the face of our star, […]
Avoid rustWestend61/Getty By Inga Vesper A combination of rusty water and stainless steel taps, or faucets, can put people at risk of life-threatening legionnaires’ disease. It’s already known that rust particles in a water system, which can come from iron pipes, encourage the growth of Legionella bacteria. These bacteria cause […]
A Nigerian neuroscientist has invented a neurotechnology device merging lab-grown neurons with electronic circuitry, one of whose potential uses is sniffing out explosives, which might just speed up those airport security checks (AFP Photo/JIM WATSON) More Arusha (Tanzania) (AFP) – Nigerian neuroscientist Oshiorenoya Agabi may have found a way to […]
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Johnson Space Center will be closed through Aug. 28, and perhaps longer, as the city of Houston reels from unprecedented flooding caused by the former Hurricane Harvey. The center announced Aug. 27 that it was closed to all but mission essential personnel and would remain closed through […]
On Sept. 1, 2017 one of the largest Near-Earth Asteroids ever detected, will pass by our planet. It’s named Florence after Florence Nightingale and will be visible in the night sky, through small telescopes Watch TV shows, movies and more on Yahoo View, available now on iOS and Android. About […]
In this 2005 photo provided by the USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council, farmer Roy Kopf harvests chickpeas, east of Pullman, Wash. Changing consumer tastes for healthy high protein food are driving a boom in the demand for crops like chickpeas and lentils and some farmers, faced with the lowest […]