People the world over have a good sense that flies are filthy and that we do not want them landing on our food during our summer picnics.
Flies May Also Spread Disease Among Monkeys and Apes
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NASA Looks at Barry’s Rainfall Rates
After Barry made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, NASA’s GPM core satellite analyzed the rate in which rain was falling throughout the storm.
Virginia Tech Researchers: Wastewater Injected Deep Underground Sinks, Inducing Stronger Earthquakes
Virginia Tech scientists have found that in regions where oilfield wastewater disposal is widespread — and where injected water has a higher density than deep naturally occurring fluids — earthquakes are getting deeper at the same rate as the wastewater sinks.
Joshua Trees Facing Extinction
They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new research shows Joshua trees won’t survive much past this century.
New Species of Tree Discovered in Tanzania Mountains
Researchers have discovered a new species of tree in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.
Gaia Starts Mapping the Galactic Bar in the Milky Way
The first direct measurement of the bar-shaped collection of stars at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy has been made by combining data from the Gaia mission (European Space Agency, ESA) with complementary observations by ground- and space-based telescopes.
