Does a Ticking Time Bomb Lurk Beneath Lake Powell?

Each year, some 3 million visitors are drawn to Lake Powell, a massive artificial body of water that straddles the Utah-Arizona border. Below gleaming red-rock cliffs, the reservoir is busy with Jet Skis, motorboats and luxurious houseboats that resemble floating Winnebagos. Out of sight but a crucial part of this iconic picture are Westerners who […]

Does a Ticking Time Bomb Lurk Beneath Lake Powell?

Each year, some 3 million visitors are drawn to Lake Powell, a massive artificial body of water that straddles the Utah-Arizona border. Below gleaming red-rock cliffs, the reservoir is busy with Jet Skis, motorboats and luxurious houseboats that resemble floating Winnebagos. Out of sight but a crucial part of this iconic picture are Westerners who […]

In seemingly healthy survivors, cryptic Ebola may lurk in immune cells

Ebola virus (credit: CDC Global) After the ghastly symptoms subside, Ebola may not be done; it may just shift to a clever stealth mode, a new study suggests. Examining archived tissue samples from infected monkeys, researchers found that Ebola can create a cryptic viral reservoir in certain immune cells and hide in corners of the […]

‘I need to stay’: Iraqis linger on Mosul’s frontline, where death and ISIS lurk around every corner

Thomson Reuters MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Sitting in a wheelchair and wearing sunglasses, pensioner Abdelraziq Abdelkarim enjoys the afternoon sun outside his house in Mosul after a day of rain. He does not flinch when a mortar opens fire just around the corner. His home is on the busiest frontline in the northern Iraqi city […]