Home News (Image: © Simon Winnall via Getty Images) Imagine a woman has a few drinks one night, pops some ibuprofen in the morning for her hangover, and goes for a run. She’s never had an issue with alcohol, ibuprofen or exercise before. But this time, some combination of the three triggers a life-threatening allergic…
Home News This Madagascar chameleon is the world’s smallest reptile. (Image: © Frank Glaw) The world’s smallest male reptile can fit right on your fingertip — if its massive genitals don’t get in its way.Meet Brookesia nana, an extremely tiny species of chameleon from the rainforests of northern Madagascar. Researchers recently described one male and…
Home News (Image: © Shutterstock) If a woman catches COVID-19 during pregnancy, can her baby pick up any immunity to the virus in the womb? Early data hint that the answer is yes, but many questions still remain.In a new study, published Jan. 29 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, scientists analyzed blood samples from more…
Home News The bas-relief of a golden eagle found near the foot of Templo Mayor. (Image: © Mirsa Islas) A striking 600-year-old Aztec sculpture depicting a golden eagle has been uncovered in an ancient temple in Mexico, archaeologists with Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced Monday (Jan. 25). The eagle, which measures 41.7…
Home News (Image: © Shutterstock) Death is not a linear process. New research finds that it’s fairly common for the heart to restart — usually just for a beat or two — after a person initially flatlines. No one in the study, which took place in intensive care units (ICUs) in three countries, survived or even…
One of the largest cemeteries in North America is fighting to keep up with the demand for funeral services because of an uptick in Covid-19 deaths.Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Whittier, California, covers over 1,000 acres, but families are having to wait up to five weeks for funeral arrangements, compared to the usual…
NBC News’ takes an in-depth look at Xavier Becerra’s career after his nomination to serve as President Biden’s secretary of health and human services.Jan. 29, 2021
A number of Democrats and Republicans united in opposition to the strict limits imposed by Robinhood and other online stock brokerages on the purchasing of GameStop and other stocks swept up in a Reddit-fueled trading frenzy this week.Members of Congress such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Ken Buck, R-Colo., and…
The reputation of the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) poll is now reportedly sliding downward. NACTA missed the boat in Tobago on January 25.How many years have we taken their word as sacred?Is NACTA weakening with age?Is it outmoded in concept?In a poll taken in all 12 constituencies in Tobago for the Tobago House…
THE forests must have wept the day the news broke that the Asa Wright Nature Centre was closing the doors of its nature lodge. I, too, felt a deep sadness upon learning that the national icon had become yet another casualty of the pandemic. BEAUTIFUL VIEW: The view of the Arima Valley from the verandah…
