Rescued alligator that was recovering at NYC zoo has died
An abandoned and emaciated alligator that was found in a New York City lake and sent to the Bronx Zoo for recovery has died in a "tragic case of animal abuse," zoo officials said......»»
France estimates up to 35,000 summer heat deaths since 2014
Between 30,000 and 35,000 people have died from the effects of summer heat in France since 2014, the country's public health agency said in an estimate released Friday......»»
U.S. traffic deaths down in 2023 even as more miles are driven
NHTSA estimated 9,330 people died in vehicle crashes in the first three months of the year, down 3.3 percent from the same period in 2022......»»
Eight people die in Mexico heatwave
Eight people have died in the third heatwave to hit Mexico since mid-April, the country's health ministry said on Friday......»»
Bad break-up in warm waters: Why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures
Marine sponges have started dying in vast numbers in coastal areas around the globe. Just this year, thousands of sponges turned white and died in New Zealand and in the Mediterranean Sea. This has been happening when the water gets too warm, but the.....»»
The Unabomber has died. Watch these 3 documentaries and movies about his life
To understand what drove Ted Kaczynski to become the infamous Unabomber, here are 3 documentaries, shows, and movies that shed light on his life and motives......»»
HBO"s Rock Hudson documentary gets an intimate, emotional trailer
Rock Hudson was known in the '50s and '60s as a mega-masculine star with a twinkle in his eye, as compelling in Technicolor Douglas Sirk melodramas as he was with Doris Day in cheeky sex comedies. But when he died of AIDS in 1985 — becoming the.....»»
Number of deaths in armed conflicts doubled between 2021 and 2022, says new report
At least 237,000 people died in organized violence in 2022. A new report from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) at Uppsala University shows that this is a 97% increase over the previous year, and the highest number since the Rwandan genocide in 19.....»»
India"s PC market may have reached trough as shipment fell by 35% in 1Q23
India's PC market saw a sharp drop in shipments as vendors still struggled with weak demand and high inventories. At the same time, demand is recovering, and the market may have reached its trough......»»
New study explores phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge in China for environmental sustainability and cost analysis
In a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers from Tianjin University evaluate the environmental sustainability and socio-economic costs of recovering phosphorus (P) from sewage sludge by replacing curre.....»»
Viewpoint: Migrants traveling through Mexico to the US follow news of dangers—but are not deterred
The world awoke one morning in late March 2023 to the news that at least 38 Central and South American migrants had died in a fire in a migrant detention center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico......»»
How Steve Jobs" legacy has changed
When Steve Jobs died of cancer in his California home in 2011, the world rushed to eulogize him in glowing terms: Genius. Visionary. A modern-day Thomas Edison......»»
One more dead in horrific eye drop outbreak that now spans 18 states
Bacteria in the recalled drops are so drug-resistant, docs turn to phage therapy. Enlarge (credit: Getty | UniversalImagesGroup) Another person has died in an outbreak of extensively drug-resistant bacteria linked to con.....»»
From bird feces frogs to alligator snapping turtles—here are nature"s masters of deception
In nature, there are winners and losers. The winners gain survival and reproduction, while the losers generally die. To gain an advantage, winners may adopt strategies that involve elements of dishonesty or deception......»»
Push for transit, walkable communities growing across US
On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same busy road in Atlanta where her daughter died six months earlier......»»
Pale Male, red-tailed hawk who nested above NYC"s Fifth Avenue for 30 years, dies at 33
Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who brought a touch of the wild to swanky Manhattan as he nested above Fifth Avenue for three decades, has died......»»
A billion new air conditioners will save lives but cook the planet
Summer in India has always been hot. Increasingly, it's testing the limits of human survival. As temperatures have climbed across the world's most populous nation in recent weeks, more than a dozen people died at an event in central India and thousan.....»»
Research suggests smoke from the Black Summer fires may have made the triple La Nina more likely
The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for the first time in memory. By some estimates, a billion native animals died up and down Australia's east coast. Dozens of people died......»»
Marine seagrass meadows show resilience to "bounce back" after die-offs
In Florida alone, thousands of acres of marine seagrass beds have died. Major seagrass die-offs also are occurring around the world. Stressors such as high temperature, hypersalinity and hypoxia or lack of oxygen affect seagrasses' ability to resist.....»»
Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion
In 2015, Gkuthaarn and Kukatj community members of Queensland's Gulf Country invited us to excavate, analyze, and rebury the skeletal remains of eight young Indigenous people who died near the town of Normanton in the late 1800s......»»
DNA study of famed US sled dog shows what made him so tough
New York's Central Park has a statue dedicated to him, and there's even been a movie about him: a sled dog named Balto. Now he is the focus of a DNA study, 90 years after he died, to see what made the pooch so famously tough......»»