Rain possible in the Bay Area this week in rare August storm system
You won’t need to clean out the gutters. Or put new wiper blades on the car. Or even dig your umbrella from the back of the closet. But rain is …
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Bayesian Yacht Sinking: Climate Change Created Perfect Storm for Waterspouts
The waterspout blamed for the deadly sinking of a luxury superyacht carrying the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch in Italy has been called a freak “black swan” event. But scientists …
FTX Sam Bankman-Fried former partner Ryan Salame seeks to void guilty plea
Ryan Salame, former co-chief executive officer of FTX Digital Markets Ltd., exits federal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images …
Study of pythons could lead to new therapies for heart disease, other illnesses
In the first 24 hours after a python devours its massive prey, its heart grows 25%, its cardiac tissue softens dramatically, and the organ squeezes harder and harder to more …
Canada lynx confirmed in Vermont for 1st time since 2018
In this image made from a video shot and provided by Gary Shattuck, a Canada lynx, an endangered species in Vermont, was spotted walking along a rural road, Aug. 17, …
Santa Clara County to spray pesticide following discovery of more West Nile-positive mosquitos
Portions of San Jose and unincorporated Santa Clara County will be sprayed with an adult-mosquito-control treatment Thursday, after officials confirmed the presence of West Nile-positive mosquitos. The presence of West …
Prehistoric humans may have stuck pikes in ground to kill mammoths, say experts | Anthropology
When it came to taking down giant animals, prehistoric hunters would quite literally have faced a mammoth task. Now researchers have shed fresh light on how they might have done …
Summer blackouts are increasing in the US
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It’s a trend that raises health risks as the planet heats up. Climate change supercharges disasters like storms and wildfires that often cut off power. Soaring demand for air conditioning …
Extraterrestrial chemistry with earthbound possibilities
Who are we? Why are we here? As the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song suggests, we are stardust, the result of chemistry occurring throughout vast clouds of interstellar gas …
The underrated impact of humidity in predicting heat-related deaths
These maps show different regions of the world overlaid with a range of heat stress data over the long term, between 1980 and 2019. (a) shows air temperature, (b) shows …