Alaska State Troopers report that the body of the Illinois man who died on the mudflats near Hope has been retrieved and his next of kin have been notified. Troopers received a call at 5:52 pm Sunday evening that a man, now identified as 20-year-old Zachary Porter of Illinois, was trapped in the mud of […]
“Free advice for the speaker of the House: if you want to cut spending so bad, start and end with the Pentagon budget,” said one watchdog group. With the U.S. just 10 days away from a possible default, House Republicans are now demanding a military budget even larger than the record $858 billion that Congress authorized for […]
Team sequences and mines genome of the pathogen Babesia duncani ‘Tis the season for hiking now that spring has arrived and temperatures are on the upswing. But with hikes come insect bites and on the increase in North America is babesiosis, a malaria-like disease spread especially between May and October by a tick. Recent research […]
Sensors that detect changes in atmospheric pressure due to ground shaking can also obtain data about large earthquakes and explosions that exceed the upper limit of many seismometers, according to new research. The sensors, which detect inaudible infrasounds carried through the air, could improve tsunami warnings and other emergency responses while also lowering costs. Research […]