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This 2006 file photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. A study published Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in the journal Cell, finds that certain people really are “mosquito magnets” who get bitten more than others — and it probably has to do with the way they smell. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP, File)

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Are you a mosquito magnet? It could be your smell
By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer
Tue,10/18/22-11:10AM , 108 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A new study finds that some people really are “mosquito magnets” and it probably has to do with the way they smell.
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This illustration provided by Heming Zhang in September 2022 depicts some of the fossil fish, more than 400 million years old, which were found by researchers in southern China, announced in a series of studies published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. The fossils date back to the Silurian period when scientists believe our backboned ancestors, who were still swimming around on a watery planet, may have started evolving teeth and jaws around this time. (Heming Zhang via AP)

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Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever
By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer
Wed,09/28/22-10:34AM , 145 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found — and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bite.
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Dr Tim Maloney and Andika Priyatno work at the site in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, March 2, 2020. The remains, which have been dated to 31,000 years old, mark the oldest evidence for amputation yet discovered. And the prehistoric “surgery” could show that humans were making medical advances much earlier than previously thought, according to the study published Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 in the journal Nature.(Tim Maloney/Griffith University via AP)

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Stone Age skeleton missing foot may show oldest amputation
By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer
Wed,09/07/22-10:06AM , 79 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study.
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This illustration provided by J. J. Giraldo depicts a 16-meter (52-foot) Otodus megalodon shark predating on an 8-meter (26-foot) Balaenoptera whale in the Pliocene epoch, between 5.4 to 2.4 million years ago. At background right, a 4-meter (13-foot) Carcharodon shark seizes a 2.5-meter (8-foot) juvenile of the whale pod. The giant megalodon shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, according to a study published Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, in the journal Science Advances. (J. J. Giraldo via AP)

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Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals
By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer
Wed,08/17/22-2:18PM , 105 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests.
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