Leanne GolinoUniversity of Toronto The Startling Secret of an Invincible Virus The Atlantic - Ed YongA phage that resists all forms of the antiviral defense known as CRISPR has an unusual means of survival. Joseph Bondy-Denomy knew he could find viruses that would be hard to kill. But he wasn’t expecting
Leanne GolinoScience Top stories: Dinosaur lice, mysterious Egyptian head cones, and the importance of grandmother whales sciencemag.org - Eva Frederick As most parents of small children know, lice are survival artists, skilled at avoiding detection and spreading to new hosts. And now it’s clear …
Leanne GolinoBooks 19 books from the 2010s we can’t stop thinking about Vox - Constance GradyThe books that stay with you are weird. I (Vox book critic Constance Grady) have read countless books in my life, and some of them were great books and some of them were terrible, but do I remember, say,
Leanne GolinoBooks The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup The Guardian - Eric BrownAliya Whiteley’s Skein Island (Titan, £7.99) is a fine example of understated horror, whose accumulating sense of unease is only enhanced by being set in the familiar milieu of contemporary Britain. The
Leanne GolinoScience When a Mantis Shrimp Fights a Disco Clam, It Meets Its Match WIRED - Matt Simon The mantis shrimp beats the hell out of almost anything it can get its hammers on. Except, that is, for the disco clam, which unleashes a dazzling …
Leanne GolinoZoology Fascinating animal species discovered in the last decade - Business Insider Business Insider - Morgan McFall-JohnsenEarth is crawling with lifeforms, and most of them are unknown to us humans. A 2011 study estimated that scientists had not yet identified 86% of species on Earth, and 91% of ocean species. Scientists
Leanne GolinoAnimals How cetaceans got so large The Economist WHY ARE whales so big? One answer is simply that they can be. The size of land animals is constrained in part by their need to support themselves …
Leanne GolinoGeminids Colorful Shooting Stars Will Light Up the Sky Like Celestial Christmas Lights This Weekend Parents Magazine - Jamie Carter One of the most intense and most colorful meteor showers will light up the night skies of both hemispheres this weekend. Cold temperatures and a big …
Leanne GolinoCanadian News Eagle v octopus: Canadians rescue bird locked in battle with giant mollusc The Guardian - Leyland Cecco in TorontoA bald eagle on Canada’s west coast has learned that its eyes may be bigger than its stomach after it was nearly drowned by an octopus it tried to eat. After hearing shrieks coming from the water on the
Leanne GolinoBald Eagle An octopus caught a bald eagle in a death grip. Thanks to some salmon farmers, the eagle survived CNN - By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN(CNN) — A team of salmon farmers are feeling pretty proud after they were able to rescue a bald eagle from an octopus off the northwest tip of Canada's Vancouver Island. The group was returning to their
Leanne GolinoNews 'I couldn't prise its jaws open': the woman who fought a mountain lion to save her dog The Guardian - Patrick GreenfieldWhen Ilene Dondlinger jumped on the mountain lion attacking her miniature schnauzer in the early hours of 5 December, she reacted without thinking. The 54-year-old wrestled with the big cat in her backyard,
Leanne GolinoScience Big volcanic bump unlike anything seen before found on the moon National Geographic - Moon 101Scientists scouring the lunar surface for clues to past impact rates found a bonus feature that has geologists "thoroughly confused." Sometime after the solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, a projectile
Leanne GolinoDogs Dog Dancing Up a Storm in the Kitchen Is the True Party Animal of the Season TIME - Melissa LockerDogs are known for their keen sense of hearing, so when they hear a sick beat, of course they are going to dance to it. After Wendy Berenguer caught Bailey the dog busting a move to a reggaeton song, shared
Leanne GolinoScience Thousands of 'penis fish' wash up on Northern California beach Fox News - James RogersThousands of fat innkeeper worms, known as “penis fish,” have washed up on a beach in Northern California. An image of the worms was posted on Instagram by Bay Nature magazine on Dec. 6. “Thousands of
Leanne GolinoFood & Dining The Absolute Best Way to Fry an Egg, According to 42 Tests Food52 - by: Ella QuittnerColumnist Ella Quittner never wants to eat another egg again—possibly ever. In Absolute Best Tests, Ella Quittner destroys the sanctity of her home kitchen in the name of the truth. She's seared more steaks
Leanne GolinoCats Here Are Many, Many Cats Reacting Appropriately to Humans Using Cat Filters TIME - Melissa LockerCats have a reputation for being disinterested and standoffish little furballs who only show their owners affection when its time to fill their dinner bowls. A recent study, though, showed that felines’
Leanne GolinoPrehistory ‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place The Guardian - Barbara EhrenreichIn 1940, four teenage boys stumbled, almost literally, from German-occupied France into the Paleolithic age. As the story goes – and there are many versions of it – they had been taking a walk in the near
Leanne GolinoZoology ‘Snake? Snaaake!’ Deadly Eastern Brown Snake is Almost Too Sneaky neatorama.com - feebly Can you spot the snake in the photo? Andrew’s Snake Removal, from Queensland, Australia, posted this photo on Facebook with the caption: Ok let's see …
Leanne GolinoWomen's Health Are Squirting & Peeing During Orgasm The Same Thing? Here’s What Doctors Say Elite Daily - Sarah Ellis If female ejaculation — commonly referred to as "squirting" — seems like a mystery to you, that's because it kind of is. Not everyone experiences it, …
Leanne GolinoTuca & Bertie The 10 best Netflix series of 2019 Mashable - Mashable Entertainment StaffWe're just weeks away from the dawn of a new year of Netflix, but we can't dive into our January binges without first looking back on everything that streamed in 2019. From the triumphant returns of Orange
Leanne GolinoAnimals How humans killed off the only parrot native to the continental U.S. National Geographic - Why Are Parrot Species in Decline?The last Carolina parakeet died in captivity in 1918. Now, new genetic analysis has revealed what drove the bird to extinction. The United States was a more colorful place when flocks of Carolina parakeets
Leanne GolinoOffbeat News Pornhub's Year in Review Reveals What People Were Watching in 2019 Complex - Jose Martinez Pornhub, an adult film site that we publicly know nothing about, but we're privately well aware of, has released its annual year in review, detailing …
Leanne GolinoPerth, WA Mysterious 'UFO' is caught on camera flying over Perth - as one resident claims it damaged her home dailymail.co.uk - By Louise Ayling For Daily Mail Australia An unidentified flying object which crash-landed in Perth's north has residents scratching their heads over the presence of aliens. A black disk-like …
Leanne GolinoUC San Diego Long-distance swimmer dives into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch CNN - By Sarah Lazarus, CNN(CNN) — In June, Ben Lecomte set out on a boat from Hawaii to spend 80 days swimming through the world's largest collection of marine litter. The 52-year old Frenchman, who has been based in the US since
Leanne GolinoOscar Isaac Denis Villenueve’s Dune Will Be ‘Nightmarish’ And ‘Shocking’, According To Oscar Isaac cinemablend.com - Sarah El-Mahmoud In about a week, Oscar Isaac will be part of the end of one of the longest running sci-fi film sagas. The nine-episode Skywalker Saga will close out …
Leanne GolinoBooks Here Are The Winners Of The 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards buzzfeednews.com - Arianna Rebolini As voted by the readers. In this highly anticipated sequel, Margaret Atwood describes the state of Gilead 15 years after where The Handmaid's Tale left …
Leanne GolinoApps How to Clear the Cache on iPhone and iPad MacRumors - by Tim HardwickIf your iPhone or iPad storage space is dwindling at an alarming rate or your device feels like it's getting slower, then you could benefit from clearing the cache that apps use. Cached data includes the
Leanne GolinoNASA Feast your eyes on this insane nighttime photo of Earth bgr.com - Mike Wehner NASA captures lots and lots of lovely photos of Earth being bathed in bright sunlight, but images of our planet shrouded in darkness can be just as …
Leanne GolinoPrimates Bush babies National Geographic - The Baboon and the Bush BabyBush babies, also called galagos, are small, saucer-eyed primates that spend most of their lives in trees. At least 20 species of galago are known, though some experts believe many are yet to be discovered.
