The island was hit by Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017. It pounded the island with winds gusting at 170 miles per hour and torrential rains. This would be the island's first Category 4 hurricane in almost 85 years. Many residents were left without...

A group of nine researchers, including psychologists and environmental scientists, conducted a survey of 10,000 people between the ages of 16 and 25 to assess their anxiety about climate change and how it relates to government action. The study was published...

Q: Why are crossbars on men's bikes different from those on women's bicycles? It should be the opposite. --Joan Rosenberg Q: Artifacts are often found deep under the ground. Is this a sign that the earth is becoming fatter? --Dawn Evans The Earth...

In his autobiography Open, tennis star Andre Agassi wrote "If only I could do soccer instead of tennis," in a passage about his childhood. His father forced him into a early and intense tennis specialtyization. Agassi continues to express his desire for the...

The Door of No Return has been worn to a rusty-hued finish by the chainsed feet who shuffled through it in search of waiting ships. Senegal's Island of Goree served as a departure point for millions of Atlantic slave traders from the 15th to 19th centuries....

This sweet-voiced, promiscuous bird makes a living in tidal swamps. Nesting on ground that floods at the peak of high tide every month is risky even in the best of circumstances. The tiny saltmarsh sparrow is now in serious trouble due to storm surges and...

Popular portrayals of paleontology often treat armored dinosaurs as icing on the Mesozoic cakes. A Jurassic floodplain is incomplete without a Stegosaurus with a spike-tailed tail trundling about in the background. Late Cretaceous forests were the same. The...

Ashley Clayton first tried ketamine for depression. It was like time had collapsed on itself, and all that was left was the present. Initial reactions to doctor-prescribed Ketamine vary. Some patients experience a dream-like state while others are able to...

One of Hawai'i's most prized game fish is the giant trevally. This apex predator is a strong and stubborn one. The fish hides in caves and coral reefs making it difficult to spot when you are fishing from shore. Brandon Barques (35-year-old Honolulu...

Horses could be considered man's best friend. Horses were able to transport people and their goods. They revolutionized warfare by drawing chariots and carrying the cavalry. They have inspired artists from Stone Age cave painters, to the creators of...

Hollywood has created a number of iconic cyborgs, from the Six Million Dollar Man to RoboCop and the Terminator. These hybrids attempted to either destroy or save society according to their goals. They fascinate because they blurred the boundaries between...

Shirley Temple Black was appointed United States delegate at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in June 1972. Tap-dancing child star, with her magnetic appeal and golden ringlets, was 44 years old. She was an obvious presence at the Stockholm...

RTS,S is a vaccine that promises to reduce severe malaria by 30% in fully vaccinated children. A research team estimates that the vaccine could prevent 3-10 million cases of severe malaria each year and save the lives 14,000- 51,000 children depending on...

Amazon is one of the last great wildernesses on the planet. However, legends persist that there were once cities hidden deep in the Amazon. Many Spanish explorers were lured away from the map by the search for El Dorado (a city of gold), but some never returned....

Thorrold of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, has signed up to be an ocean-going researcher assistant for whale sharks. They are fitted with electronic tags that include a variety of sensors, tracking devices, and sometimes tiny cameras....

Andy Secher recollects the first encounter he had with a fossil. He was seven years old, and was riding on the school bus with his classmates when a bus driver pointed out a fossil he had found during a weekend dig upstate New York. Secher says, "I was fascinated."...

It was a sad day at the University of Hawaii Manoa's department of anatomy, reproductive biology. Cumulina, an old mouse, died naturally on May 5, 2000. Her birth had made international headlines. Ryuzo Yanagimachi was the principal investigator at the...

It's great to see the natural light streaming through a sunny window. But it can make you squint and sweat your forehead. The shades can be closed or the air conditioner turned on, but it leaves you with a darkened room and a rising electric bill. Smart...

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was third in 171 years worth of records. The 2020 season was worse. There were so many tropical storms that meteorologists had to go through their entire list to find the right name for each one. A new study has shown that...

A quick stroll through the Cabo Rojo National Wild Refuge in southwest Puerto Rico leads to an unexpected sight. It is cotton-candy pink water that glistens in the sun. Las Salinas is the pink salt flats. It covers 1,249 acres and consists of two natural...

The French have many new surprises in June. Many of these changes concern banking products, such as life insurance or PER (retirement saving plan), and borrower insurance. Other concerns concern purchasing power. The continuation of the tariff shield, whose...

According to Les Echos, Philippe Martinez, secretary general of CGT will inform the Confederation leaders Tuesday that he has decided not to run for the post of his successor at the March 2023 union congress. He plans to present to the Confederal Executive...

Last day to file tax returns It's time to start filling it out if you haven't done so yet. For taxpayers from 35 departments, the deadline is Tuesday, May 31, at 11:59 PM. These are the departments numbered from 20 (Corsica) to 54 (Meurthe-et-Moselle)....

My boss is watching me while I telecommute? The use of technology allows the superior to spy upon his employees. This practice is not common because it is covered by law but unions are alert. There are many ways to determine if Teams is present at work. These...