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Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less than before.
"Current evaluations of the heat tolerance of insects such as moths, flies, and beetles paint a differentiated -- and at the same time alarming -- picture," says study author Dr. The research suggests that insects do not simply adjust their heat tolerance to match their surroundings. Marcell Peters, an animal ecologist at the University of Bremen, rising temperatures could significantly disrupt insect populations, particularly in areas that host the planet's greatest biodiversity.
Colossal Biosciences scientist Beth Shapiro holds a portion of a woolly mammoth tusk recovered from the Arctic. Rob Stein/NPR hide.
Japanese macaques, better known as snow monkeys, are famous for sitting in steaming hot springs when temperatures drop. While the warm water clearly helps them cope with winter cold, researchers at Kyoto University found that these baths do more than provide heat. This research is among the first to connect a natural behavior in a wild primate with changes in both ectoparasites and the gut microbiome.
Smoke was still visible rising from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound following the attack that killed the supreme leader. Following Khamenei's death, Iran declared 40 days of mourning.
The space agency outlined a new path for its Artemis moon mission, designed to return humans to the moon using NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time since the final Apollo lunar mission in 1972. NASA's Artemis I mission launched in November 2022, sending an uncrewed Orion space capsule on a trip around the moon and back. If all goes well, NASA could attempt a launch as early as April 1, but it has not officially announced a target date.
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, may have been born in a colossal cosmic crash.
Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial.
