By Adam Vaughan Flooding in Carnlough in Northern Ireland on 20 December 2015PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images Coastal floods wrought by rising seas could affect tens of millions more people and cause trillions of dollars of harm by the end of the century if the world fails to prevent the worst-case climate change scenario, according…
By Jonathan O’Callaghan The sun and Mercury (not to scale)Panther Media GmbH / Alamy Mercury’s surface may be covered in a very thin, baked crust created by the extreme heat from the planet’s proximity to the sun. Like Earth’s moon, Mercury’s surface lacks a substantial atmosphere, meaning impacts should break down its surface into a…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Under the microscope — The 2019 Olympus Global Image of the Year honorees find beauty under the microscope. Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 15, 2020 12:52 am UTC Enlarge / Detail from the winning entry in the first Olympus Global Image of the Year Life Science Light Microscopy Award. It shows immunostaining of a mouse-brain slice…
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted