Life 23 September 2020 By Michael Le Page A Cuvier’s beaked whale beat the previous record for longest dive ever recorded by almost an hourDanielle_Waples A Cuvier’s beaked whale has made the longest dive by any mammal ever recorded, lasting 3 hours and 42 minutes. That smashes the previous record of 2 hours and 43…
A southern right whale died in Saldanha Bay after it was apparently struck by a ship.Attempts to tow its carcass back out to sea were suspended and it will now be removed by solid waste management officials. The carcass has been moved to Dial Rock Beach, where the environment department will collect samples.A southern right whale…
By Rowan Hooper A fin whale in the Mediterranean has no tail after colliding with shipsClara Monaco/MareCamp A disabled fin whale that has become a mascot for a marine sanctuary in the Mediterranean has suffered a second disaster. After losing half its tail in a collision with a ship, it has now lost the other…
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your
5 min read WHEN THE JUSTICE Department released a trove of Epstein-related files on January 30 and then pulled down thousands of pages after redaction failures exposed victims’ identifying information and explicit material, I felt a familiar gut-drop. Once again, the people with the least power were being asked to pay twice—first for the abuse