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Health Officials Confirm 4 Monkeypox Cases in Central California That May Be ‘Locally Acquired’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 02, 2026 20 Comments

Two of the cases have been confirmed to be the more virulent Clade I mpox, and the results for the other two cases are still pending....

Here Comes ‘Super El Niño’, Along with Another Season of Apocalyptic Weather Headlines

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 01, 2026 14 Comments

Preparing for floods and droughts is serious business, which is precisely why better forecasting, sound infrastructure, and historical perspective deserve more attention than apocalyptic branding. ...

Real Science Shows Plastic Straws Outperform Paper in Key Environmental Measures

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 31, 2026 27 Comments

If drinking my margarita through a rapidly degrading straw is forced upon me as an act of eco-penance, I would like at least a little evidence that Earth benefits. However, there appears to be none....

Last Week’s Quakes Near Sicily Put Europe’s Tectonic Activity in Focus

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 26, 2026 4 Comments

A look at the geology and mythology of Sicily's active tectonic region....

More Than Halloween Scares: Two Virus Cases Leave Scientists Searching for Answers

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 23, 2026 9 Comments

Nigeria is reporting its first Ebola case during the current outbreak in Africa. Meanwhile, France is reporting the first case of Shamonda virus infection in humans....

Monarch Butterfly Populations Rebound as U.S. Honeybee Colony Counts Rise

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 19, 2026 13 Comments

"Two new reports from WWF-Mexico and its partners found that colonies covered 7.24 acres of forest in the 2025-2026 season. That's an increase of 4.42 acres compared to last season."...

Chinese Graduate Student Arrested for Allegedly Poisoning Wyoming Colleague With Neurotoxin

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 16, 2026 21 Comments

Aili Wang, 32, was arrested shortly after being interviewed by U. of Wyoming campus police about acrylamide poisoning of fellow researcher who was working on working on new technology to address cancer and genetic disease treatments....

Russia Denies Second Illness, Lifts Quarantine After Unexplained Death at Plague Research Lab

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 13, 2026 4 Comments

World Health Organizations says it's still unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker from Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia....

Nature Retracts Study Linking “Atmospheric Thirst” to 40% Greater Drought Severity

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 11, 2026 13 Comments

Shortly after the retraction, Nature published a new study that found just the opposite: “Global drought shows no detectable recent acceleration under climate warming.”...

America’s ‘Year of Diarrhea’ Now Features a Sexually Transmissible Superbug

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 11, 2026 11 Comments

Sex between men may now be the most significant mode of Shigella transmission....

Margaret Hamilton, Pioneering Software Engineer Behind Apollo’s Success, Dies at 90

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 10, 2026 11 Comments

The best memorial is a renewed commitment to the competence, testing, and engineering discipline that made her work consequential. ...

WHO Investigating Second Suspected ‘Plague’ Death Reportedly Associated with Siberian Lab

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 07, 2026 5 Comments

The U.S. State Department has also formally requested more information on the first incident of "pneumonia of unknown origin" from Russia....

Kenya Reports Its First Case of Ebola in Current Outbreak of Rare Strain

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 06, 2026 6 Comments

The patient, who succumbed to the infection, somehow managed to bypass border controls, despite traveling while ill after receiving treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo....

Russia Walks Back Plague Claims After Siberian Lab Employee’s Death

Posted by Leslie Eastman on October 06, 2026 8 Comments

Russia's health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, reports that there was no lab accident. Furthermore, the agency also insists that the young woman did not die of exposure to any pathogen that she had been handling....

One Dead, Nearly 200 Hospitalized in Siberian Pneumonic Plague Outbreak

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 04, 2026 21 Comments

Pneumonic plague is not COVID: "Many patients die before they develop a well-advanced pneumonia."...

Republican AGs Demand SEC Probe of Credit Ratings Agencies’ ESG Practices

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 25, 2026 5 Comments

"Moody’s Report nevertheless urged investors, insurers, and lenders to 'stress-test exposure' in light of estimated risks from the implausible RCP 8.5 scenario."...

Real Threat or PR Stunt? AI Doomsday Warnings Coincide With Push for New Regulations

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on September 10, 2026 42 Comments

"This is possibly the most dangerous technology that humanity has ever created. It’s basically out of science fiction."...

Eco-Activists and Limited Water Supply Stall California’s Planned “Lithium Valley” Mine Project

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 05, 2026 11 Comments

Back in 2023, Gov. Newsom was touting the development of this resource as part of his Net-Zero vision....

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