[ad_1] Cicadas are returning by the trillions in the U.S. this year – a synchronized emergence that begins when the dirt reaches a precise 64 degrees. The buzzing bugs have already come out in some places – here’s where. Where will cicadas emerge in 2024? Two cicada broods are emerging at the same time this year,…
[ad_1] Plants and animals are dying off at an unprecedented rate on Earth. Some scientists are looking to outer space for a solution. The idea is called a lunar biorepository, a facility that maintains and stores plant and animal cells. But instead of on Earth, this would be on the moon. Why the moon? …
[ad_1] Chicago advised to prepare for billions of cicadas this spring Chicago advised to prepare for billions of cicadas this spring 02:47 Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads and jet-like muscles in their rears, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries….
[ad_1] “Emily’s Wonder Lab” host on new science book, collaborating with Bill Nye – CBS News Watch CBS News Emily Calandrelli, familiar to audiences from her TikToks, Netflix show “Emily’s Wonder Lab” and collaborations with Bill Nye, introduces her new book “Stay Curious and Keep Exploring: Next Level.” Be the first to know Get browser…
[ad_1] A man walking his dog in France happened upon a prehistoric discovery: nearly intact dinosaur bones. Damien Boschetto, a paleontology enthusiast, was walking with his dog Muffin when he saw the bones poking out of cliff that was partially eroded in Montouliers, a town in southern France. Boschetto, a member of the Association of…
[ad_1] As global temperatures continue to increase, making storms more intense, some researchers say that the Saffir-Simpson scale, which measures a hurricane’s wind speeds, doesn’t adequately address the hazards associated with extreme storms. In a new study, scientists explored a hypothetical expansion of the scale to include a Category 6, and found that such a…
[ad_1] Temperatures in parts of the world got so hot last year that it caused certain areas of the ocean to experience hot tub-level temperatures, which killed off essential coral reefs. The situation was unprecedented, to the point that researchers had to add three new levels to a coral bleaching warning system in an attempt…
[ad_1] A tiny invasive ant muscled into a Kenyan savannah and sparked such a dramatic transformation in the landscape that even the local lions changed the way they hunt, according to research published Thursday. The study highlights the potentially profound impacts of invasive species, which are spreading at an increasing rate as human activities give…
[ad_1] The Doomsday clock remained set at 90 seconds to midnight in its newest update Tuesday morning — the latest iteration of a decades-old international symbol meant to illustrate how close humanity is to reaching “global catastrophe” as of January 2024. This year’s figurative clock reading was unveiled during an announcement by the Bulletin of…
[ad_1] Scientists in China on Tuesday announced that they have cloned the first healthy rhesus monkey, a two-year-old named Retro, by tweaking the process that created Dolly the sheep. Primates have proved particularly difficult to clone, and the scientists overcame years of failure by replacing the cloned cells that would become the placenta with those…
