Mexico’s coronavirus czar faces criticism as COVID-19 surges
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Giant hornets on the attack? Try a little water buffalo poop
Giant hornets, which were detected in North America for the first time last year, can devastate colonies of the most common type of honey bee. But in Asia, where the fearsome predators are native, honey bees mount a vigorous defense with intimidating behaviors and coordinated counterstrikes. Now, researchers have discovered […]
SpaceX’s Starship SN8 prototype soars on epic test launch, with explosive landing
Elon Musk is thrilled: “Mars, here we come!”
Missing link in pterosaur origins discovered
Until now, the pterosaur family tree was unclear.
Human ‘stuff’ now outweighs all life on Earth
It’s not just your storage unit that’s packed to the gills. According to a new study, the mass of all our stuff—buildings, roads, cars, and everything else we manufacture—now exceeds the weight of all living things on the planet. And the amount of new material added every week equals the […]
Chemists re-engineer a psychedelic to treat depression and addiction in rodents
The Bwiti tribe in Gabon has used the hallucinogen ibogaine for centuries in spiritual ceremonies. But it wasn’t until the 1950s that the drug caught on in the West—not as a psychedelic, but as a treatment for addiction and depression, conditions that today’s medical interventions still struggle to treat.
People with significant allergies should avoid Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, UK warns
This comes after two National Health Service members developed allergic reactions to the vaccine on Tuesday.
Most detailed sunspot image to date captured by new solar telescope
Like a psychedelic sunflower, the heart of the sunspot is a deep brown colour, with red and orange streaks flaring outwards.
Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos
Laser and satellite technology revealed more than 35 villages.