By: Jacinta Bowler/Science Alert Researchers have developed a new technique to study how a common disease-causing bacterium can spread and remain in the environment after coughing or sneezing – and the results are not pretty. The team has found that a subset of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial species associated with hospital infections, expelled from a sneeze…
Republicans And Democrats Unite Against Scott Pruitt’s Heavy Budget Cuts To The EPA
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science The proposed plans by Scott Pruitt to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which he now heads, has managed to unite both Democrats and Republicans in Congress, who have criticized him for slashing its budget too deep and too hard. Called to the Capitol to defend the budget proposal for the agency on…
A 4.5M Quake Just Hit Yellowstone, So Should We Be Worried?
By: IFL Science There was a 4.5M earthquake in America the other day. This wouldn’t be particularly newsworthy under most circumstances, except this time it was centered on Yellowstone National Park – famous for its supervolcano as much as its natural beauty. Right off the bat, it’s safe to say that there is no reason…
Federal Judge Concludes Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Violated The Law
By: IFL Science Despite extensive resistance led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and despite President Obama ultimately deciding to nix the construction of it, Trump resurrected the Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL) during his first week as Commander-in-Chief, causing dismay at the time. Now, it appears a federal judge may have just given them…
Hawaii Becomes First State To Pass Law That Aligns With The Paris Agreement
By: Tom Hale/IFL Science Hawaii has become the first state to pass a law committing to the goals set by the Paris climate agreement. The act rebels against President Donald Trump, who announced the US was ditching the global agreement last Thursday. Governor David Y Ige signed two bills in Honolulu on Tuesday alongside a handful of the state’s mayors….
Children Who Play Outside More Likely To Protect Nature As Adults
By: Science Daily Protecting the environment can be as easy as telling your kids to go outdoors and play, according to a new UBC study. Research by Catherine Broom, assist. prof. in the Faculty of Education at UBC Okanagan, shows that 87 percent of study respondents who played outside as children expressed a continued love of…
Vatican Compares Trump To Flat-Earthers Over His Climate Agreement Withdrawal
By: Alfredo Carpineti/IFL Science Pres. Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris agreement has attracted scathing comments from world leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, and pretty much everyone who doesn’t want to do terrible damage to our planet. The decision has even drawn the wrath of the Vatican, which Pres. Trump visited just last week. Bishop Marcelo Sanchez…
China And EU Will “Join Forces” To Fight Climate Change Without America
By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science It’s almost certain that Pres. Trump will walk out into the White House Rose Garden and tell the world that America will be withdrawing from the Paris agreement. Sources close to the discussions said that he had made his decision last night – the nationalistic arguments of “America First” had prevailed,…
If A Nuclear Bomb Explodes Nearby, Whatever You Do – Don’t Get Into A Car
By: Dave Mosher/Business Insider via Science Alert The first thing you’d see if a nuclear bomb exploded nearby is a flood of light so bright, you may think the Sun blew up. Wincing from temporary blindness, you’d scan the horizon and see an orange fireball. The gurgling flames would rise and darken into a purple-hued column of…