Jesse Steinmetz

1 week ago | livescience.com | Jesse Steinmetz

If a global catastrophe suddenly led to a nuclear winter, millions of people could starve. But now, scientists have figured out what crops we would need to grow to sustain a city if such a calamitous event occurred. According to a new study, farming spinach, sugar beets, wheat and carrots in urban and near-urban areas could feed the population of a midsize city in a post-apocalyptic world.

1 week ago | livescience.com | Jesse Steinmetz

Name: Bone collector caterpillarWhere it lives: In cobwebs on a single mountain range on Oahu, HawaiiWhat it eats: Flies, weevils, bark beetles, ants or any arthropod caught in a spider's webWhy it's awesome: The bone collector is not just a very hungry caterpillar — it has an appetite for flesh. And once it finishes scavenging on dead or dying insects trapped in a spider's web, the bone collector covers itself in the legs, wings or heads of its prey for camouflage to avoid being eaten.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jesse Steinmetz

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Bone collector cases. The silken cases are "decorated" with the remains of past meals, including fly wings, ant heads, weevil heads, and bark beetle abdomens.

1 month ago | wfae.org | Jesse Steinmetz

In 2023, then-U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy published an advisory on social media use among young people. He said up to 95% of people ages 13-17 reported using social media — and over one-third were using it “almost constantly.” The risk for depression and anxiety increased with adolescents that spend more than three hours per day, he wrote. One year later, Murthy called for a tobacco-style surgeon’s general warning label on social media platforms.

1 month ago | wfae.org | Jesse Steinmetz

President Trump imposed a number of tariffs last week, including a 34% tax on imports from China and a 20% tax on the European Union, as well as a baseline 10% import tax on all countries. “We’re going to start being smart, and we’re going to start being very wealthy again,” Trump said about the tariffs, but many economists warn they could lead to a weakened economy or a recession. North Carolina is particularly vulnerable to certain tariffs, as almost half of the state’s imports come from the EU.