Not all of us can cozy up by the fire to brave the winter weather. Curiosity.com's Ashley Hamer joins Cheddar to answer how insects survive the cold and more of your burning winter questions. She says bugs adopt a variety of tactics, from flying south, to hibernating, to suicide.
Did you know you can tell the temperature by listening to a cricket's chirps? Hamer discusses the mathematical formula that determines how cold it is based on the speed of the insect's vocal intervals.She explains when you can use this method, and why it'd ever be useful.
Finally, we ask Hamer why people get sick when the seasons change. Climate fluctuation can cause the body to react in unexpected ways, like coming down with a common cold or the flu. The podcast host also tells us why sound carries farther when it's cold outside.
Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia, but more than 50 have already died.
The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, exceeding 100 degrees (37.8 degrees Celsius) two days in a row. And meteorologists say that could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured, although there are some issues with the reading.
A teenage boy who has been blind for most of his life has been cured due to new gene therapy treatments.
A gorilla thought to be a male gave birth at a zoo in Ohio.
A new study showed a depression diagnosis during adulthood could more than double the risk of getting dementia later in life.
A teen in Cuba who's been legally blind can now see again thanks to new gene therapy treatments.
Plastic-Free July is being observed to highlight the use of plastic and its effects. Cheddar News' Michelle Castillo gave up using single-use plastic for the day and spoke with Kathyrn Kellogg, founder of Going Zero Waste, to get her take.
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Cheddar News checks in with a coast-to-coast forecast of the weather for Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
Wildfires burning in Canada continue to bring smoke south into the U.S with air quality alerts in effect across the Midwest and upper Great Lakes.
