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☆ 5 red flags to look for when choosing a new home, according to a professional cleaner
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Ryan S. Gladwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She shared five red flags for people to look out for when moving into a new property. DaSilva said common red flags were water damage and mold, while missing caulk is often overlooked. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Failing to see red flags when you're viewing a property to buy or rent might set you up for financial, mental, and physical stress. Water damage and moldThe first and most common red flags are water damage and mold.

Persons: Lina DaSilva, DaSilva, —, cleanings, I've, Caulk, I'm, it's, It's Organizations: Service Locations: Toronto

☆ How climate change got sucked into the culture wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Laura Paddison | Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

For an example of how climate change is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in the culture wars, Germany is a good place to start. Meanwhile, Spain’s far-right Vox party vowed to defend the country against “the new climate religion.”But to understand why climate change and the culture wars have become so enmeshed globally, experts say the United States probably holds the key. It’s effective, it does scare people.”The origins of the climate culture war in the US lie in the early 1990s, when a new push for global climate action collided with big geopolitical change, McCright said. Lightning rod for right wing mediaConservative media has played an outsized role in fueling culture war narratives, according to experts. Fox has “been laying the groundwork necessary for positioning climate policies as a culture war issue for a long time,” she said.

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☆ Scientists discovered a field of deep-sea hot springs after following a trail of crabs like breadcrumbs on the ocean floor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Scientists on an expedition near the Galápagos Islands followed a trail of crabs on the ocean floor. The crabs led them to a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs. AdvertisementClusters of white crabs on the ocean floor helped lead scientists to a new discovery off the Galápagos Islands: a field of hydrothermal vents, or deep-sea hot springs, full of life. Schmidt Ocean InstituteA vent chimney discovered within a previously unknown hydrothermal vent field near the Galápagos Islands. A large cluster of riftia tube worms proved the researchers were unquestionably in a new hydrothermal vent field.

Persons: —, Dr, Roxanne Beinart, Hansel, Gretel, Ricardo Visaira Coronel, Dennisse Maldonado, INOCAR, Stuart Banks, Charles Darwin Organizations: Service, Schmidt Ocean Institute, Schmidt Ocean, University of Rhode Island, Ecuadorian, Charles, Charles Darwin Foundation Locations: Galapagos, Yellowstone

☆ Parasitic worms highjack their hosts' free will, and scientists finally think they know how
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Emily Hein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Horsehair worms can control a host's brain and steer it to water, where it drowns. These parasitic worms, which resemble dark and stringy horse hair, take control of their host's brain and drive it to suicide. Hairworms' magic copy-cat trickHairworms need water to reproduce, so when they're ready they force their host to water, where ultimately the host drowns. Horsehair worms make their hosts more active in the middle of the day , when it's easier to find light reflecting off water. So the Chordodes worms can only control mantises and can't puppeteer other insects or mammals, according to the study.

Persons: what's, —, they're, it's, hairworms, Tappei Mishina, Hairworms, Rather, Mishina Organizations: Service, University of California's, Pest Management

☆ Extraordinary photos reveal the secret kingdom of the soil
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It’s a scene most of us might associate with an open savannah in a nature documentary, but photographer Andy Murray is watching the drama unfold from his back garden in Somerset, UK. To Murray, these microscopic soil animals are as fascinating as the lions and zebras you might see on safari – just far more accessible, if you know where to look. “They live in this tiny world; it works like our world, it’s just on a really small scale,” he tells CNN. Andy MurrayYet despite this wealth of life, the creatures living in the soil beneath our feet are relatively unknown. “He captures moments of soil life doing interesting and cool things,” says Anthony, such as laying eggs in a place where we would never expect.

Persons: Andy Murray, He’s, Murray, ”, “, Mark Anthony, Anthony, they’ve, it’s Organizations: CNN, United Nations, Food, Agricultural Organization, Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Research Locations: Somerset, Mexico City, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania

☆ An Arizona golf course is under attack from a squadron of pig-like creatures
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And when the Arizona sunshine breaks over Seven Canyons in the morning, the destruction is revealed. “When you come upon them and see them, it’s like The Tasmanian devil,” Seven Canyons general manager Dave Bisbee told CNN. A javelina at Seven Canyons golf course. Seven Canyons is ringed by the Vermilion Cliffs. “If anything this at least has put us in front of millions of people who didn’t know where Seven Canyons was.

Persons: Dave Bisbee, there’s, ”, fatefully, Emily Casey, emcaseyturf, “, javelina, Bisbee, Casey, Em Casey, @emcaseyturf, we’d, ” Bisbee Organizations: CNN, United, Seven Canyons, Arizona State Department of, Coconino National Forest, Bisbee, Arizona, Fish Department, National Geographic, Wall Street Locations: United States, Arizona, Sedona, South America, Vermilion, Coconino, Bisbee, AZ

☆ Wealthy buyers are flocking to Florida to rebuild mansions where modest homes were destroyed by hurricanes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rich buyers have the funds to rebuild mansions that are more likely to survive future storms. Fort Myers Beach, Florida, has seen an influx of new buyers following Hurricane Ian last year. The storm killed 21 people and washed away a third of the homes and businesses located on the skinny sand strip that makes up Fort Myers Beach, many of which were modest, middle-class homes. Candy Rahn, 69, told the outlet she and her husband were forced out of Fort Myers after Ian when her uninsured cottage was destroyed. The wealthy companies and people who swoop in to buy up empty lots in Fort Myers Beach are in some ways helping disaster survivors by padding their pockets with thousands of dollars.

Persons: Rich, Ian, —, Candy Rahn, Fort Myers, Rahn, Jesse Keenan Organizations: Bloomberg, Service, Fort Myers, Attom Data, University of Delaware's, Research, Tulane University Locations: Florida, Fort Myers Beach , Florida, Estero, Fort Myers Beach, Fort, Fort Myers, New Orleans

☆ While ChatGPT stokes fears of mass layoffs, new jobs are being spawned to review AI
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The logo of generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, which is owned by Microsoft-backed company OpenAI. Generative AI, which enables AI algorithms to generate humanlike, realistic text and images in response to textual prompts, is trained on vast quantities of data. Job postings on LinkedIn that mention either AI or generative AI more than doubled globally between July 2021 and July 2023, according to the jobs and networking platform. Mesh AI, a digital transformation-focused consulting firm, says that human feedback can help AI models learn mistakes they make through trial and error. WATCH: Adobe CEO on new AI models, monetizing Firefly and new growth

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Phelim Bradley, Bradley, ethicists, —, Hume, Alan Cowen, Hume's, there's, Michael Chalmers Organizations: Microsoft, Future Publishing, Meta, Google, University of Oxford and University College London, CNBC, Oxford Science Enterprises

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally)
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

As improbable as his achievements are, Schwarzenegger believes his life and outlook can be a model for others. Then I realized that that’s funny. If they want to be stuck in the ideological corner, then I say, I think I’m freer if I’m not, and I can work with more people. Schwarzenegger in the documentary series “Arnold.” NetflixWhat do you think of the different sides’ positions on the issues? “You’re terminated.”“If it bleeds, it leads.” That’s funny.

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☆ Unleashing a New Weapon on the Mosquito: A Mosquito
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( Stephanie Nolen | Eleanor Lutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Anggy Aldana working at the World Mosquito Program lab in Medellín, Colombia. Researchers found, after painstaking trial and error, that they could insert the bacteria into mosquito eggs using minute needles. How mosquito eggs are injected with Wolbachia A looping video showing a thin needle injecting fluid into a row of black mosquito eggs. How Wolbachia spreads among wild mosquitoes A series of three illustrations showing the outcomes of breeding between wild mosquitoes and mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia. Mosquito eggs and a tray of chilled mosquitoes at the World Mosquito Program lab.

Persons: Eleanor Lutz, Wolbachia, Scott O’Neill, —, O’Neill’s, Steven Sinkins, Marlon Victoria, ”, Victoria, “, O’Neill, It’s, Laura Harrington, They’re, won’t, ” Mr Organizations: Mosquito Program, Mosquito, Brazil —, FRANCE Croatia United, ARGENTINA CHILE Americas, CHILE Americas, University of Glasgow, —, Medellín Health, Colombian, Cornell University Locations: Medellín, Colombia, Cali, Honduras, Australia, Australian, Vietnam, Indonesia, France, Florida and Texas, Brazil, Americas, African, Asia, Europe, FRANCE Croatia United States PORTUGAL JAPAN CHINA Texas PAKISTAN Florida EGYPT INDIA MALI MEXICO PHILIPPINES SUDAN ETHIOPIA Colombia SOMALIA INDONESIA BRAZIL ANGOLA PERU NAMIBIA AUSTRALIA, AFRICA Africa, Oceania, ARGENTINA CHILE, FRANCE Croatia United States PORTUGAL JAPAN CHINA Texas Florida EGYPT, MEXICO MALI PHILIPPINES SUDAN Colombia SOMALIA INDONESIA BRAZIL ANGOLA PERU NAMIBIA AUSTRALIA ARGENTINA Africa, CHILE, Africa, United States, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wolbachia, Siloé, West Africa, Medellin

☆ A tiny 'ice mouse' with teeth the size of sand grains survived some of the coldest temperatures when dinosaurs roamed the Earth
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers found fossil teeth of a tiny shrew-like animal that lived in freezing temperatures. AdvertisementAdvertisementShe and her colleagues described the S. mikros based on its teeth in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology in August. "It is kind of interesting to imagine all these great big dinosaurs marching around" alongside the shrew-like animal, Eberle told Insider. The S. mikros' teeth were significantly different from its near relatives to seem like a new species. Though tiny, the S. mikros teeth are detailed enough to designate the animal as a new species.

Persons: would've, Jaelyn Eberle, Eberle, they're, mikros Organizations: Service, University of Colorado, Palaeontology Locations: what's, Alaska, Wall, Silicon, Boulder, Eberle et

☆ Ukrainian intercepts show Russian soldiers’ anger at losses, disarray
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

Story contains strong languageUkraine’s counteroffensive was in its second month when Andrey, a Russian soldier, called his wife to say his unit was taking heavy casualties. The expletive-laden intercepts, shared with Reuters by a Ukrainian intelligence source, provide a rare - albeit partial - glimpse into the conditions of some Russian soldiers as Kyiv prosecuted a major counteroffensive, which started in early June, two military analysts told Reuters. Ukraine has acknowledged that its efforts to recapture territory have been hindered by vast Russian minefields and well-prepared defensive lines. The Ukrainian intelligence source said they illustrated the challenges facing Russian soldiers but did not elaborate on how the recordings were selected. In the excerpts, several soldiers used profane language to describe Russian units that had taken heavy casualties and had been unable to retrieve their wounded.

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☆ Australia: Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman's brain in world first
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The finding unleashed a mad scramble to find out what exactly the parasite was, Canberra Hospital infectious disease expert Sanjaya Senanayake told CNN. “We were able to send the live wiggling worm to him, and he was able to look at it and immediately identify it,” Senanayake said. In this case, the patient was likely an accidental host of the worm, Senanayake said. “There’s more opportunities for humans, domestic animals and wild animals to interact with each other and the vegetation that’s out there. And of those emerging infections, about 75% were zoonotic, meaning there has been transmission from the animal world to the human world – including coronaviruses.

Persons: Dr, Hari Priya Bandi, ” Bandi, Sanjaya Senanayake, “, ” Senanayake, ”, Senanayake, Hossain M, Kennedy KJ, Wilson HL Senanayake Organizations: CNN, Australian National University, Canberra Hospital, Wilson, US Centers for Disease Control, Prevention Locations: Canberra, New South Wales, Australia

☆ Taurine is the latest anti-aging supplement touted for promising results: Here's what scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Taurine, an amino acid that humans produce naturally, is the latest anti-aging supplement that shows potential for increasing longevity. Though taurine levels naturally decline as you age, new research suggests that supplementing taurine may slow down, or reverse, aging in older animals like worms, mice and monkeys. A research paper, published this June in the journal Science, found that daily supplements of taurine increased the lifespan of mice and worms by at least 10%. Mice that received taurine supplements each day lived 10% to 12% longer than mice that didn't. Still, the scientists noticed very positive changes to the monkeys' immune systems, blood-sugar levels, weight and bone health, according to BBC News.

Persons: Dr, Vijay Yadav Organizations: BBC News

☆ California authorities destroy 2,000 bottles of wine illegally fermented under the ocean
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

And according to the Santa Barbara County, California, district attorney’s office, that includes unpermitted crates of wine. Agencies in Santa Barbara County destroyed 2,000 bottles of wine that were sold by the company Ocean Fathoms, the office of the county’s district attorney announced last week. Ocean Fathoms lauded the sea floor off the Southern California coast as the perfect environment to age wine — 55 degrees, no oxygen, no light and rolling currents. CNN has reached out to Ocean Fathoms, Azzaretto and Hahn for comment. Ocean Fathoms highlighted the creatures on its website, writing, “sea life that attaches to our bottle is the ultimate in nature’s packaging.

Persons: Emanuele Azzaretto, Todd Hahn, Morgan Lucas, Hahn, John Savrnoch Organizations: CNN, California Coastal Commission, US Army Corps of Engineers, Santa, Harbor, DA, California Coastal, US Food and Drug Administration, of Locations: Santa Barbara County , California, Santa Barbara, county’s, California, Southern California, United States, of California

☆ 2,000 barnacle-covered wine bottles worth hundreds of thousands of dollars destroyed after California company illegally aged them in the ocean
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Around 2,000 bottles of wine were destroyed after a wine firm was found to be aging them illegally. The firm sank crates of wine a mile off the coast of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara's DA office said. The disposal of the bottles was part of a plea agreement reached with Azzaretto, Hahn, and Ocean Fathoms. But the press release said the value of the destroyed bottles was likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. In response to an inquiry from Insider, Ocean Fathoms said that it intended to release a statement on the news shortly.

Persons: Santa, Emanuele Azzaretto, Todd Hahn, Hahn Organizations: FDA, Service, Food and Drug Administration, Santa Barbara Independent Locations: Santa Barbara, Wall, Silicon, Santa Barbara's, Azzaretto, United States, Santa

☆ Ancient reptile was riddled with parasites, fossilized poop reveals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Researchers didn’t find the parasites in phytosaur bones or teeth; rather, they retrieved them from a nugget of fossilized feces, known as a coprolite. For example, certain fish with spiraling intestines poop out what eventually become spiral-shaped coprolites, according to Nonsrirach. “Studying the remains of parasites in coprolites is important since it provides us with rare insights into ancient parasite-host relationships,” Qvarnström said. “This event raises interesting questions about how prey animals and parasites interact with each other. It suggests that parasites may have been inside the bodies of prey before they were eaten,” Nonsrirach said.

Persons: didn’t, ”, Thanit Nonsrirach, “, Nonsrirach, Coprolites, Martin Qvarnström, Qvarnström, ” Qvarnström, ” Nonsrirach, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, Mahasarakham, Uppsala University, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Scientific Locations: Thailand, Asia, Kham Riang, Sweden, Berkeley, coprolites

☆ Opinion | Coup-Coup-Ca-Choo, Trump-Style
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump is in the dock for trying to cheat America out of a fair election and body-snatch the true electors. But the arrest of Trump does not arrest the coup. The fact is, we’re mid-coup, not post-coup. The former president is still in the midst of his diabolical “Who will rid me of this meddlesome democracy?” plot, hoping his dark knights will gallop off to get the job done. His father disdained losers and Trump would rather ruin the country than admit he lost.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, disdained Organizations: New York Times, Siena College

☆ Newly discovered ancient creature may have been the heaviest animal ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This week, scientists shared discoveries of ancient species that lived and died tens of millions of years ago, providing tantalizing insights into creatures never documented until now. The colossal ancient whale, which swam the seas about 39 million years ago, likely weighed two to three times more than the blue whale. NASA/ESA/Joseph Olmsted (STScI)When the Hubble Space Telescope initially observed a young planetary system 32 light-years from Earth, it didn’t reveal any surprises. And the James Webb Space Telescope spied new details within the colorful, iconic Ring Nebula. The fruit flies in the groundbreaking study don’t typically reproduce through virgin births, also called parthenogenesis, although many animal species do.

Persons: Alberto Gennari, Michael Brecht, ” Brecht, Joseph Olmsted, Euclid, James Webb, —, Hala Alarashi, Alice Burkhardt, Ba, Emperor Nero, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Canadian Rockies, Humboldt University, NASA, ESA, Hubble, Telescope, Petra Museum, CNN Space, Science Locations: Ica, Berlin, Jordan, East Coast, United States

☆ Invasive hammerhead worms are longtime New Yorkers, and they may be here to stay
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Invasive hammerhead flatworms have distinctive curved heads, striped bodies ranging in color from light yellow to dark brown, and they can secrete tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin found in puffer fish and blue-ringed octopuses. Five species of invasive hammerhead worms — four in the genus Bipalium and one in Diversibipalium — are established in North America, said Bruce Snyder, an associate professor of biology at Georgia College and State University. Today, most hammerhead worms (also known as broadhead planarians) are concentrated in the Southeast, where they favor warm, damp habitats. Bazzano Photography/Alamy Stock PhotoTo date, more than 3,000 sightings in southeastern states of just one invasive hammerhead species — Bipalium kewense — have been shared to the citizen scientist database iNaturalist. Hammerhead tetrodotoxin, which disrupts neurons’ signaling to muscles, can sicken pets if they eat the worms, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Persons: CNN —, they’ve, Peter Ducey, ” Ducey, “, Bruce Snyder, they’re, ” Snyder, ”, Hammerhead tetrodotoxin, Ducey, adventitium, Libbie Hyman, Hyman, Snyder, it’s, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, State University of New, Georgia College, State University, US Department of, Species Information, “, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, ”, hammerheads, Pennsylvania State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Scientific Locations: Washington , DC, Yorkers, New York, State University of New York, Cortland, “, North America, Southeast Asia, California, Oregon, Maine, New Jersey, Long, Westchester County, New York City, Europe, Asia, Pennsylvania

☆ Worms Revived After 46,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At a time when the mighty woolly mammoth roamed the Earth, some 46,000 years ago, a minuscule pair of roundworms became encased in the Siberian permafrost. Millenia later, the worms, thawed out of the ice, would wriggle again, and demonstrate to scientists that life could be paused — almost indefinitely. The discovery, published this week in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Genetics, offers new insight into how the worms, also known as nematodes, can survive in extreme conditions for extraordinarily long periods of time, in this case tens of thousands of years. In 2018, Anastasia Shatilovich, a scientist from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia, thawed two female worms from a fossilized burrow dug by gophers in the Arctic.

Persons: wriggle, Anastasia Shatilovich Organizations: PLOS Genetics, Institute of Physicochemical, gophers Locations: Russia

☆ A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant elks still roamed the Earth. This a major finding,” he said, adding that other organisms previously revived from this state had survived for decades rather than millennia. Five years ago, scientists from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science in Russia found two roundworm species in the Siberian permafrost. The worm was found in the Siberian permafrost. But still, they didn’t know whether the worm was a known species.

Persons: Teymuras Kurzchalia, Kurzchalia, ”, Anastasia Shatilovich, Panagrolaimus kolymaenis, kolymaenis, —, Philipp Schiffer, Schiffer Organizations: CNN —, elks, Max Planck, Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Physicochemical, PLOS Genetics, of Zoology, University of Cologne, CNN Locations: Dresden, Science, Russia, Germany, Cologne

☆ A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babies
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Scientists revived a 46,000-year-old worm that was living in Siberian permafrost. When they brought it back to life, the worm started having babies. When they revived it, the worm started having babies via a process called parthenogenesis, which doesn't require a mate. According to a press release, the worm spent thousands of years in a type of dormancy called cryptobiosis. This new species, however, called Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, was dormant for tens of thousands of years longer.

Persons: Plectus, Holly Bik, William Crow, Crow Organizations: Service, Privacy, Scientists, Washington Post, University of Hawaiʻi, PLOS Genetics, University of Florida Locations: Wall, Silicon, Mānoa, tundras

☆ It’s Alive! Worms Revived After 46,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Worms that contain the same lethal neurotoxin as puffer fish are invading the East Coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hammerhead worms are turning up all over Washington, DC and northern Virginia, the Washington Post reported. The worms carry the same toxins as puffer fish though a single worm probably couldn't kill a human. The Hammerhead worm population will only grow as the climate continues to warm, researchers say. Researchers have spotted the hammerhead worm hundreds of times in the area of Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia over the last 15 years, the Washington Post reported. However, experts told the Post to ensure you're wearing gloves and to freeze the worms inside the bag before throwing them away.

Organizations: Washington Post, Service Locations: Washington, DC, Virginia, East Coast, Washington ,, United States

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