(Sitka) – A young black bear cub orphaned near Seward has found a home in Sitka. The cub’s story, first reported in a Seward newspaper, became a social media sensation as people around the world monitored the animal’s capture and eventual placement in a wildlife facility, naming the cub “Little Smokey,†along the way.
Infants who get hepatitis C from their mothers during childbirth may inherit a viral strain that replicates more quickly than strains found in non-pregnant hosts, according to a new study published Oct. 27 in Nature Medicine. The findings, from a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, are the first to describe how […]
After emitting its first significant solar flares since June 2013 earlier in the week, the sun continued to produce mid-level and significant solar flares on Oct. 27 and Oct. 28, 2013.