Category: Science

It’s not a fungus apocalypse. But it’s a serious, growing problem.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that the fungus Candida auris (C. auris) “spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities” during 2020-2021. This fungus is particularly problematic because it’s a strain that has emerged in recent years, can…

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It’s not a fungus apocalypse. But it’s a serious, growing problem.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced this week that the fungus Candida auris (C. auris) “spread at an alarming rate in U.S. healthcare facilities” during 2020-2021. This fungus is particularly problematic because it’s a strain that has emerged in recent years, can…

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The solar system’s ‘tallest tornado,’ which was whirling across the sun’s north pole, was caught by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. After expanding for the duration of 3 days last week in the sun’s atmosphere, a rotating filament of boiling plasma reached a height of about 120,000 kilometers on Saturday (March 18), prior to breaking down…

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Solar storms have the power to end this planet; forget asteroids. The solar storms will hit their cyclical peak in 2025 and could wreak chaos across the planet, costing billions of dollars in damage. Every 11 years, these storms hit their most intense point, during which billions of tonnes of magnetically energised matter are ejected…

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Rebecca Leber is a senior reporter covering climate change for Vox. She was previously an environmental reporter at Mother Jones, Grist, and the New Republic. Rebecca also serves on the board of the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Solar storms have the power to end this planet; forget asteroids. The solar storms will hit their cyclical peak in 2025 and could wreak chaos across the planet, costing billions of dollars in damage. Every 11 years, these storms hit their most intense point, during which billions of tonnes of magnetically energised matter are ejected…

Read More “Gigantic Solar Storm Might Destroy Earth’s Internet In 2025; Here’s How” »

Scientists believe they have found evidence of a recent volcanic eruption on Venus, providing unprecedented evidence that Earth’s “evil twin” planet could still be geologically active. Researchers compared radar images taken between 1990 and 1992 from space of a region where there are two large volcanoes. Within them, they discovered one had a vent that…

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There’s a simple reason to pay attention to a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations’ scientific body on climate change: it’s a reality check. The report ties together the current round of comprehensive climate research assessments published in installments over the past two years, known as the Sixth Assessment…

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How many times have you been advised to remain inside due to a severe “heatwave”? An excessively hot period of weather, also known as a heatwave, or extreme heat, may also be linked to high humidity, particularly in countries with oceanic climates. Before, we had believed that these conditions only existed on land. Scientists have…

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We watched a rare stargazing spectacle of Venus and Jupiter in a celestial dance that illuminated our night sky at the beginning of the month, but the show is not over yet, not 1 or 2! But on March 28, 2023, five planets will align in the twilight sky. Our permanent guest, the Moon, will…

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