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The Asian giant hornet, first confirmed in Washington State in 2019, delivers a sting so concentrated that around 50 people die annually in Japan from the venom, and a single nest can dismember 30, 000 honeybees in a few hours, decapitating them to feed their thoraxes to hornet larvae.
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (58+ words) The Asian giant hornet arrived in Washington State in December 2019, carrying a venom that kills roughly 50 people a year in Japan and a hunting strategy that can dismantle a honeybee colony of 30, 000 in hours....
Researchers found dog owners tended to live longer " and the link was strongest for the people you might least expect: those living alone.
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (527+ words) Published June 10, 2026 We are not clinicians. This article reports on observational research about dog ownership and mortality and is not medical advice. Anyone with concerns about their health or decisions about pet ownership should speak with their doctor. "Dog ownership…...
The Asian giant hornet was first confirmed in Washington State in 2019. Its sting can pierce standard beekeeping suits, it can destroy honeybee hives in hours, and the U. S. says it is now eradicated
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (1065+ words) The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, arrived in Washington State in December 2019 when a dead specimen turned up in Blaine, near the Canadian border. Published June 10, 2026 The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, arrived in Washington State in December 2019 when a…...
The smell that fills the air during the first rainfall after a dry spell is called petrichor, and it comes from plant oils, soil bacteria, and a molecule the human nose can detect at almost unbelievable concentrations
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1127+ words) Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Thomas, two researchers working at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Melbourne, gave the smell of first rain its name in a 1964 paper. Published June 9, 2026 The smell is ancient. The bacteria that produce…...
Veterinary researchers found that between 64% and 92% of cats over the age of 10 have arthritis " and because cats are built to conceal pain, most owners have no idea
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Naked mole-rats age so slowly, resist cancer so well and survive oxygen loss so strangely that researchers now study them as one of nature's best clues to human ageing.
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Antarctica is the largest desert on the planet, because a desert is defined by how little water falls from the sky rather than by heat, and almost nothing falls on the frozen continent.
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The largest insects that ever lived were dragonflies with wingspans of more than two feet, grown in an ancient atmosphere so much richer in oxygen that nothing that size could survive in the air we breathe today
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