Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert

Ancient Killer Is Rapidly Gaining Resistance to Antibiotics, Scientists Warn : ScienceAlert

Despite having plagued humans for millennia, typhoid fever is rarely considered a threat in developed countries today. But this ancient killer is still very much a danger in our modern world. Research published in 2022 revealed the bacterium that causes typhoid fever is evolving extensive drug resistance, and is rapidly replacing strains that aren’t resistant. …

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Scientists Think Greenland’s Ice Is Churning Like Molten Rock : ScienceAlert

Scientists Think Greenland's Ice Is Churning Like Molten Rock : ScienceAlert

Deep inside the Greenland ice sheet, radar images have revealed strange, plume-like structures distorting the layering deposited over eons. Now, more than a decade after their discovery, scientists think they have figured out what causes these structures, and it’s a real hum-dinger. According to modeling, the plumes are a striking match for convection: the roiling …

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