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Study: Climate change is hitting parks hard

September 24, 2018, 5:55pm Life

America’s national parks are warming up and drying out faster than other U.S. landscapes, threatening iconic ecosystems from the Everglades in Florida to Joshua Tree in California to Denali in Alaska. Read story

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., in June.

Too much screen time? New controls for you, kids

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., in June.

September 23, 2018, 6:00am Business

Apple and Google want to help you spend less time on their phones — really. Like that time you checked Facebook at 3 a.m. Stats don’t lie. Read story

FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, a Coccinellidae, more commonly known as a ladybug or ladybird beetle, rests on the petals of a rose in Portland, Ore. A study estimates a 14 percent decline in ladybugs in the United States and Canada from 1987 to 2006.

Bye bye bugs? Scientists fear non-pest insects are declining

FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, a Coccinellidae, more commonly known as a ladybug or ladybird beetle, rests on the petals of a rose in Portland, Ore. A study estimates a 14 percent decline in ladybugs in the United States and Canada from 1987 to 2006.

September 21, 2018, 3:55pm Nation & World

A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that’s got scientists worried. Read story

Oregon sees low-oxygen seasons in coastal waters

September 20, 2018, 9:35am Northwest

The waters off Oregon’s coast now have a season of low oxygen caused by warming ocean temperatures, according to scientists. Read story

Station manager Chad Shane of SAS Airlines takes a traveler through the scanning process at Dulles International Airport. The facial scans can be compared with stored passport and visa photos.

Airport facial recognition scans raise privacy concerns

Station manager Chad Shane of SAS Airlines takes a traveler through the scanning process at Dulles International Airport. The facial scans can be compared with stored passport and visa photos.

September 20, 2018, 6:05am Life

When a facial recognition scanner helped authorities nab a man trying to enter the country using someone else’s passport at Dulles International Airport last month, officials heralded the technology as a “step forward” in protecting the United States from threats. Read story

A drawing made with ochre pigment on silcrete stone, was found in the Blombos Cave east of Cape Town, South Africa. In a report released Sept. 12, scientists say this tiny 73,000-year-old sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing.

‘Hashtag’ called world’s oldest known drawing

A drawing made with ochre pigment on silcrete stone, was found in the Blombos Cave east of Cape Town, South Africa. In a report released Sept. 12, scientists say this tiny 73,000-year-old sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing.

September 20, 2018, 6:04am Life

It looks a bit like a hashtag, but it’s 73,000 years old. And scientists say this tiny sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing. Read story

Scientists Jen Vashon, left, and Tanya Lama pose Feb. 22 with a Canada lynx that was used to source genetic material for the Canada lynx reference genome at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Worcester County, Mass.

Scientists map animals’ genes

Scientists Jen Vashon, left, and Tanya Lama pose Feb. 22 with a Canada lynx that was used to source genetic material for the Canada lynx reference genome at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Worcester County, Mass.

September 13, 2018, 7:47pm Life

A group of scientists unveiled the first results Thursday of an ambitious effort to map the genes of tens of thousands of animal species, a project they said could help save animals from extinction down the line. Read story

Boss revenge, self-colonoscopy studies win 2018 Ig Nobels

September 13, 2018, 7:05pm Life

Anyone who’s ever been so furious with their boss that they feel like exacting revenge really needs to listen to Lindie Liang. Read story

University of California Irvine grad student Samantha Leigh handles a bonnethead shark in 2016 in Irvine, Calif. Bonnethead sharks not only eat grass while chomping fish and squid, they also digest the plant and gain nutrition from it. Yannis P.

Bonnethead shark enjoys a side salad with prey

University of California Irvine grad student Samantha Leigh handles a bonnethead shark in 2016 in Irvine, Calif. Bonnethead sharks not only eat grass while chomping fish and squid, they also digest the plant and gain nutrition from it. Yannis P.

September 13, 2018, 6:14am Life

Ruining the reputation of sharks as bloodthirsty predators, California researchers said they have found a shark that enjoys a side of seagrass with its prey. Read story

In this 2013 photo provided by Bogdan Onac, researcher Vasile Ersek stands in the Ascunsa Cave in Romania. Scientists say ancient shifts in climate helped our species replace Neanderthals in Europe. Researchers used data from this cave and another to document two lengthy cold and dry periods. The report, released Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found these periods coincided with the disappearance of Neanderthals and the arrival of our species in specific places.

Cold, dry lent to Neanderthals’ fall

In this 2013 photo provided by Bogdan Onac, researcher Vasile Ersek stands in the Ascunsa Cave in Romania. Scientists say ancient shifts in climate helped our species replace Neanderthals in Europe. Researchers used data from this cave and another to document two lengthy cold and dry periods. The report, released Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found these periods coincided with the disappearance of Neanderthals and the arrival of our species in specific places.

September 13, 2018, 5:15am Life

Ancient periods of cold and dry climate helped our species replace Neanderthals in Europe, a study suggests. Read story