Meaghan Lee Callaghan
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New York, United States
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See electric eels perform 'leap attack' out of water
The two-hundred-year-old theory of jumping electric eels has been proven. → Read More
How to recycle plastic at home
Break down and recompress trash to make new things → Read More
How to recycle plastic at home
Breaking down and recompressing plastic to make new things → Read More
An Artist Is Growing A Skeleton Human Hand In A Lab
Artist Amy Karle is growing a skeletal human hand as an art project. → Read More
Fish Pee May Be Helping Coral Reefs More Than We Think
Overfishing our oceans is an obvious hit to biodiversity. You’re simply taking out too many fish. But a new study published in Nature Communications shows that fishing in general may be depleting the ecosystems of something else – pee. → Read More
How Mummifying Mice Will Help Push Study Of Ancient Cancers
Humankind has been getting sick since, well, the beginning of humankind. And that means that one way to progress in fighting illnesses, specifically cancers, could be to study how it affected us in the past. → Read More
This Is Why You Should Not Pee In The Pool
No matter your age or where you’re from, it’s very likely that you have peed in a pool at least once in your life. If you have, then stop. → Read More
‘Superhenge’ Site Excavation Reveals No Stones
The Durrington Walls site hailed as ‘Superhenge’ in last year’s announcement of findings from the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project has come up empty, at least from stones. → Read More
The Jefferson Memorial Is Slowly Being Covered In Slime
Quick! What lives on rocks in a streambed, on the surface of your teeth, and now on the dome of the Jefferson Memorial? → Read More
These Ancient Sharks Turned To Cannibalizing Their Young
In a time long, long ago, say 300 million years ago, North America and Europe were on the equator, covered in hot and humid swamps. Many now-extinct fish species dominated the region, in particular the Orthacanthus, a shark with double-fanged teeth that could grow up to ten feet long. → Read More
Neanderthals’ Clothing Could Have Killed Them
It is still a mystery with what led to the demise of the Neanderthal. Some paleoanthropologists believe they were out-competed by ancient humans. Others believe they couldn’t adapt to a changing climate. → Read More
One Shipping Company Is Ditching Carbon Emissions For HighTech Sailing
On July 28, a two-masted gaff-rigged schooner set sail from the German town of Elsfleth for a two-week journey around the jutting Danish peninsula to the German port Rostock. Carrying 77 tons of liquor, the 144-foot sailing ship looks like a picture out of an old story book. But this ship is not what it seems, carrying 2016 technology with a belly full of sustainable goods. Decked out with solar… → Read More
Brain-Eating Amoeba Infects South Carolina Swimmer
A South Carolina swimmer has been diagnosed with a rare amoeba infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. → Read More
Four Non-Travel Zika Cases Under Investigation In South Florida
Four Zika cases are being investigated by public health officials in Southern Florida, as it seems that they are neither travel-related or contracted sexually. The cases, two in Miami-Dade County and the others in Broward County, could possibly be the first vector-transmitted Zika cases in the continental United States. → Read More
Possible New Whale Species Discovered In Pacific Ocean
A story of a corpse, a Japanese legend, and misidentified displays → Read More
Meet The New Mountain Lion Kittens Living It Up Outside Los Angeles
While mountain lion populations in the Los Angeles area are far from thriving, the National Park Service recently debuted a new video of five young kittens who might just be the cutest thing you’ll see today. → Read More
Researchers Rank Mammals For Suitability As Pets
Are Sika deer man's new best friend? → Read More
New Satellite Images Show Extent Of Florida Algal Bloom
New satellite images show the growing extent of an enormous algal bloom in Southern Florida, causing a state of emergency in four counties. → Read More
Nettie Stevens, Discoverer Of Sex Chromosomes, Honored By Google
Though Nettie Stevens was the first to discover sex chromosomes, she was overshadowed by a colleague's similar discovery. Today, she gets a Google Doodle. On her 155th birthday, Nettie Stevens is finally being honored with a Google Doodle, though it would have been nice for her to get a little more appreciation back in her time. At a time when there really weren’t any spots open for women,… → Read More
Debate Swells Over EU's Plan To Allow Some Ivory Trade
The global ban on ivory could get a few exemptions → Read More