There’s A Tick That Makes You Allergic To Red Meat — And It’s Spreading
Do you like burgers? Then watch out for ticks with a white splotch on their backs. Red meat is among the world’s guiltiest pleasures. Outside of the health issues it creates,…
This Startup Fights Climate Change By Growing Bricks
PBS News Hour Building a cleaner environment — literally. Although bricks may be beautiful, durable, long lasting, and totally trendy at the moment — think upscale urban lofts and startup offices complete with visible ventilation…
Could Prehistoric Bugs Thaw And Kill Us All?
photo: ‘Jurassic Park’/design: Antonio Manaligod for Dose ‘Jurassic Park’s’ mosquito DNA may pose real-life dangers. Our Movie Mythbusters series answers the age-old question, “Okay, but could that actually happen in real life?”…
Meet Chicago’s Most Famous Otter
Shedd Aquarium How Ellie went from abandoned orphan to aquarium celebrity. On a snowy Chicago morning, sea otters bob and dive in their two-story habitat at Shedd Aquarium. “Mom, look!…
China’s Vertical Forests Are All Kinds Of Awesome
Stefano Boeri Architetti More vegetation = cleaner air. Simple as that. As the spaces where we live and work become more vertical, it makes sense that the natural world should, too. That…
These Rocks Mysteriously Move Across Death Valley
Getty Images The phenomenon that left scientists stumped for nearly 70 years. Death Valley is known for, well, death. There’s not a lot going on there aside from a few ghost…
Meet the Jedi Whales That Sound Like Lightsabers
May the Force free Willy. “Star Wars” may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but here on Earth, scientists have discovered a species of whale that produces a sound…
Killer Whales Become Boss-Lady B*tches After Menopause
Ines Vuckovic/Dose They slay. All day. Older adults have it made. After 18+ years of raising children, the nest is finally empty and there’s an abundance of free time. You can…
This ‘Frozen Zoo’ Could Bring Extinct Animals Back To Life
Ines Vuckovic / Dose Just call it Noah’s icy second ark. At a zoo just outside San Diego, elephants, whales, cheetahs and iguanas all hang out in the same room—or in the…
Now You Can Hang Ten Under The Northern Lights
So…that’s pretty cool: a surfer in Unstad, in Norway’s Lofoten Islands. | Olivier Morin/Getty The internet and high-tech gear open up insane new surf spots. Do you find the annual beach…
