50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: July 2020  

Sharpshooter Insects Use ‘Superpropulsion’ to Catapult Their Pee

Share this on WhatsApp Few threats are more damaging to a vineyard or citrus grove than a blight of sharpshooters. The half-inch-long insects are destructive agricultural pests because of their unquenchable thirsts and splashy bathroom habits: when nature calls, these bugs launch droplets of their watery pee and create puddles of disease-causing waste. Because their […]

How to Fix Science’s Diversity Problem

Share this on WhatsApp Growing up in the world of academia, it was impossible to miss the issue of representation in my field. I just had to look around at the faces walking the halls of the elite institutions I was lucky to inhabit. I worked as an undergrad in Yale’s psychology department, where one […]

Here’s the Real Story behind the Massive ‘Blob’ of Seaweed Heading toward Florida

Share this on WhatsApp A loose raft of brown seaweed spanning about twice the width of the U.S. is inching across the Caribbean. Currently, bucketloads of the buoyant algae are washing up on beaches on the eastern coast of Florida earlier in the year than usual, raising scientists’ concerns for what coming months will bring. […]