Kangaroo rat vs. rattlesnake

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3/31/19 The CBD boom is way ahead of the science As CBD-laced foods and health products gain popularity, researchers are just beginning to fill the gaping holes in knowledge about this cannabis molecule's benefits.  Read More 4 things we’ll learn from the first closeup image of a black hole Scientists are gearing up to release the first image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy. Here’s what they hope to find out. Read More Geneticists close in on how mosquitoes sniff out human sweat A scent-sniffer protein molecule in mosquito antennae, if somehow jammed, might leave a bloodsucker confused about whether we’re human enough to bite. Read More Kuiper Belt dust may be in our atmosphere (and NASA labs) right now  Grains of dust from the edge of the solar system could be finding their way to Earth. And NASA may already have a handful of the debris. Read More Watch a desert kangaroo rat drop-kick a rattlesnake Desert kangaroo rats have a wide arsenal for dodging rattlesnake ambushes. But the most dramatic might be their powerful midair kick. Read More How a proton gets its spin is surprisingly complicated In an odd twist, rarer up quarks add more angular momentum than more plentiful down quarks. Read More The first known fossil of a Denisovan skull has been found in a Siberian cave A new fossil and evidence that the hominids interbred with humans as recently as 15,000 years ago only add to Denisovans’ mystery. Read More Chytrid’s frog-killing toll has been tallied — and it’s bad Losses due to the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus are “the greatest documented loss of biodiversity attributable to a pathogen,” researchers find. Read More Sperm with damaged DNA may cause some repeat miscarriages For couples who have suffered repeated miscarriages, it may be useful to scrutinize the man’s reproductive health as closely as the woman’s. Read More Edibles are tied to more severe health issues than smoking marijuana Most marijuana-linked cases at a Denver hospital involved weed smokers. But people who ate the drug were more likely to have heart or psych issues. Read More Privacy policy  |  Update Profile  | Manage Subscriptions  |   Unsubscribe This email was sent by: Society for Science & the Public 1719 N Street NW Washington, DC, 20036, US