Laura G. Shields | Science Writer
Laura G. Shields
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Equipped with our five senses, along with telescopes and microscopes and mass spectrometers and seismographs and magnetometers and particle accelerators and detectors across the electromagnetic spectrum, we explore the universe around us and call the adventure science.
— Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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Porcupines give you 30,000 reasons to back off
April 09, 2019
Porcupines may be adorable, but their quills are designed to impale and next to impossible to remove. Now researchers are designing new surgical staples that mimic the quill's shape to better close wounds.
KQED
NPR Health Shots version
UC Berkeley research shows squirrel behavior is not so nutty
April 09, 2018
UC Berkeley research shows that the furry critters display sophisticated problem-solving skills in determining what to eat -- and when to eat it.
The Mercury News
Did air pollution cause a deadly Chinese landslide?
December 12, 2017
Researchers now think they have found an unanticipated risk from air pollution that can kill instantly: landslides.
Science
The curious case of the phantom hippo teeth
December 04, 2017
Think of the illegal wildlife trade, and elephant tusks and rhino horns come to mind. But another of the world’s largest mammals is slipping under the radar.
Mongabay