Despite human effort to stop forest fires, the fires increase in number and seem to get worse every year. In fact, the impact of fires in plant genomes date as far back as 125 million years ago. But could forest…
After an unusually wet winter, California deserts have been experiencing a “super bloom.” In the valleys of Anza-Borrego, California’s largest state park, flowers such as sunflowers, poppies, evening primrose, and more are covering the Coyote Mountains foreground and badlands. Visitors…
A growing corn plant pulls moisture out of the soil, and some of that moisture escapes through the leaves and into the atmosphere. This process is known as transpiration and is often referred to as “corn sweat.” The more moisture…
Workers that repair the Great Wall of China do so secured by a simple rope that is held by another person. It is a very dangerous job. Workers need to be brave and be very careful so that their repairs…
Almost exactly one year after their triumph at the 2016 Olympic Games, Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst showed they are still the world's best. Germany's "Golden Girls" won the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship with a 2-1 win over…
National Track and Field hall-of-famer Jim Bush has passed away at the age of 90. Bush is best known for leading UCLA to five national championships and coaching 30 Olympians. Bush ironically got his job at UCLA by beating them…
With eyes toward evaluating next year's World Cup roster, Germany brought mostly youngsters to the 2017 Confederations Cup. The starlets showed they were more than up to the challenge in defeating Chile 1-0 in the final. The average age of…
The road trips will be long. But now Utah's youth lacrosse players can dream of taking the field one day for their state's premier program. After a year of fundraising and planning, the University of Utah officially added men's lacrosse…
Dung beetles have to get away from a pile of dung as fast and as efficiently as they can. There is a lot of competition on dung piles between other beetles creating their own dung balls, and beetles that try…
Yawning happens unconsciously and spontaneously, and it is one of the first things we learn to do. For centuries scientists have been searching for the reason behind yawning. They have produced many theories. Most people think yawning is a signal…