Animals Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market An international team of virus experts said on Thursday that they had found genetic data from a market in Wuhan, China, linking the coronavirus with raccoon dogs for sale there, adding evidence to the case that the worst pandemic in a century could have […]
Blog Taliban Militants Fed Up With Office Culture Taliban Militants Fed Up With Office Culture, Ready to Quiet Quit Almost two years after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the jihadists who transitioned from the battlefields to paper-pushing government jobs in the city are ready to quiet quit. The Afghanistan Analysts Network, a non-profit policy research organization working to increase the understanding of life […]
Animals Mice With Two Fathers Scientists create mice with cells from 2 males for 1st time This raises the distant possibility of using the same technique for people – although experts caution that very few mouse embryos developed into live mouse pups and no one knows whether it would work for humans. Still, “It’s a very clever strategy,” said Diana […]
Animals Babesiosis on the Rise Tick-borne illness babesiosis is spreading in the US, CDC report shows The number of new cases of babesiosis, a tick-borne illness, increased significantly between 2011 and 2019 in the United States, a new CDC report found. It’s also spreading consistently in three new states — now, the disease is endemic in 10 states in the […]
Animals Top US Dog Breed French bulldog ousts Labrador retriever to become top US dog breed Story at a glance Labrador retrievers had been the most prevalent purebred dog in the U.S. for a record 31 years, according to the American Kennel Club. The club announced Wednesday that the French bulldog was the nation’s most popular purebred dog last year. […]
Animals Reminded of Rules Rishi Sunak caught breaking rules again after walking his dog off lead in park Rishi Sunak has been spoken to by police after walking his dog without a lead in a London park – right beside a sign that warns against doing just that. TikToker Lucy MacDonald Conno was taking a stroll through Hyde Park […]
Animals Plastic Eating Shark Robot SHARK in River Thames can pick up 1,100lbs of rubbish a DAY A robotic shark hungry for plastic is to snap up waste in the River Thames as part of efforts to tackle water pollution. WasteShark is the first marine robot to take London’s river by storm, with the ability to ‘eat’ up to […]
Animals Big Cat High on Cocaine Ohio authorities find big cat high on cocaine, attribute interest to popular ‘Cocaine Bear’ movie The serval did not have to go through detox, but it was given some meds before being transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Hamilton County, Ohio dog wardens retrieved an exotic cat resembling a leopard from a tree […]
Animals Zebra Mauls Man’s Arm Ohio zebra badly mauls man’s arm, deputies put it down: ‘I think he tore my arm off’ Pickaway County, Ohio deputies killed a zebra on Sunday evening after it mauled a man’s arm, nearly ripping it from his body. Deputies with the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a zebra attack in […]
Animals Buffalo Wild Wings Sued Buffalo Wild Wings sued over claim that ‘boneless wings’ aren’t wings A new lawsuit has a bone to pick with Buffalo Wild Wings: A Chicago man is suing the popular chain for false advertising, claiming its “boneless wings” aren’t really wings at all. Aimen Halim says he purchased the “boneless wings” in January only to […]