Tag Archives: Lurking

Drone video showing a large great white shark near some of Maine’s most popular beaches has prompted police in one coastal town to issue a warning on Tuesday. The warning was issued just weeks after there were multiple great white sightings in an area of Maine where a woman was fatally attacked by a shark five years ago. Scarborough’s marine …

A meta-analysis of “countless” peer-reviewed studies and interviews with dozens of subject matter experts identified a threat that researchers say is as grave as planetary warming is flying frighteningly under our radar, the Guardian reported. What’s happening? “Novel entities” at first may conjure up images of newly established businesses or ghosts, but the concept is more unsettling than an encounter …

The FedEx Cup playoffs are ready to get underway and, fittingly, we start with the top 70 from the season-long standings heading to TPC Southwind for the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tenn. The longtime PGA Tour venue is a tremendous start for golf’s postseason, even if Rory McIlroy doesn’t feel like spending the second weekend of August in …

In a groundbreaking study published in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, researchers have uncovered a curious biological boundary in the ocean that seems to separate two distinct types of jellyfish, despite their genetic similarities. The study, led by marine biologist Javier Montenegro of the University of Western Australia, explores the deep waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, …

The recent batch of indicators has punctured the notion on Wall Street that the U.S. economy is bulletproof and can withstand headwinds like President Donald Trump’s trade war. That was evident in Friday’s stock market selloff as the dismal jobs report and shocking downward revisions to earlier months raised recession fears. Just days earlier, Rick Rieder, chief investment officer of …

With summer in full swing, experts are warning against enjoying popular canned cocktails over fears they may accelerate cancer development.  Alcohol is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, meaning that it can cause damage to cell DNA.  Studies have shown the substance, even in small amounts, can increase the risk of developing mouth, throat, larynx, esophageal, colorectal, liver and breast cancers.  ‘Technically, …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Although CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has made a lasting impact on particle physics, it hasn’t yet open up a whole new frontier of particle physics like some scientists expected. One scientist champions a theory that new …

‘Don’t eat raw food’: The terrifying threat lurking in Hawaii  SFGATE Source link

Astronomers in Japan have spotted a distant object orbiting the Sun far beyond Neptune, pointing to an extraordinary event that took place during the earliest years of the solar system. Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope, perched atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii, to make the discovery. They observed a small object orbiting at a farthest distance of 252 AU from …