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What is pasteurization? A dairy expert explains how it protects against foodborne illness, including...
San Francisco Chronicle· 14 minutes agoAccording to the federal Food and Drug Administration, the answer is yes, as long as the milk is pasteurized. As an extension food scientist in a state where raw milk sales are legal, I provide ...
What, Exactly Are Nanoplastics And How Can We Avoid Them?
Inverse· 2 hours agoIt’s become common to read that microplastics — little bits of plastic smaller than a pencil eraser — are turning up everywhere and in everything, including the ocean, farmland, food, and human ...
Jelly sea creature 'jet propulsion' could give robots a boost
Futurity· 38 minutes agoScientists have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant...
Why evolution often favors small animals and other organisms
Phys.org· 7 days agoThe first evidence of single-cell organisms dates from around 3.8 billion years ago, soon after the...
Making babies may take 10 times more energy than we thought
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 19 hours ago“These authors are saying that the indirect costs outweigh the direct costs. That has major...
How To: Get Rid of Grubs
Bob Vila via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoIt can take up to three years for nematodes to establish a colony large enough to eradicate a large population of grubs, but going this route means you...
Small but mighty, plankton are among the most powerful creatures on Earth
Phys.org· 4 days agoPlankton are mostly microscopic algae and animals found throughout Earth's oceans, seas and lakes,...
Listen: US hit by “cicada-geddon” as broods emerge from underground in rare double event
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA rare “cicada-geddon” has hit parts of the US with trillions of insects from two broods emerging at...
Emergence of Group B Streptococcus Disease in Pigs and Porcupines, Italy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· 1 hour agoStreptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus [GBS]) is a major pathogen of humans, cattle, aquatic species, and camels (1–4). GBS has been detected in pork but has not been associated with ...
Rare Deep-Sea Squid Dazzles And Glows In Mind-Blowing Footage
IFLScience· 1 day agoAn extremely rare squid has been caught on camera in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean while...