Maris Fessenden

 

Maris Fessenden is a freelance science writer and artist who appreciates small things and wide open spaces.

Ariel view of the Port of Galveston in 2008

An 1830s Steamship From the Texas Navy May Be Buried Near Galveston Harbor

Author Clive Cussler first discovered the wreckage in 1986, now the port’s expansion forces an archeological excavation

A Bloody served in a bar, loaded with goodies and with a beer chaser.

The History of the Bloody Mary Meat Straw

The straw is one potential upgrade to drink known for its penchant for carrying a little extra protein, among other things

Pigs Aren't Quite as Domesticated as People Once Thought

Researchers partially unravel the complexity of domesticated swine genetics

Scientists Invented Ice Cream That Doesn’t Melt as Fast

It involves a protein that some bacteria use as a kind of protectant coating

Egyptian blue on a fragment from Thebes, Egypt from around 1350 B.C. showing Nebamun hunting in the marshes

How Glistening Egyptian Blue Pigment Was Forgotten then Lost

It may be the oldest artificial pigment

Animas River flowing through Santa Rita Park a week after the Gold King Mine spill in Colorado

The American West is Full of Old Mines Threatening to Pollute Waterways

Lessons can be learned from the recent spill in the Animas River

Once Again, Thousands of Walruses Have Been Forced Ashore in Alaska

When the animals can’t find sea ice to rest on, they haul themselves ashore in crowded masses

Some Sexually Transmitted Microbes Might Be Good for You

There’s a whole lot of bacteria and viruses that pass from person to person, using any means they can find

What Does Neuroscience Know About Meditation?

There are still many unknowns, but the practice seems to improves attention and memory

Some of the wildlife in Botswana carry bacteria resistant to anti-malarial drugs typically used by tourists

African Wildlife May Be Acquiring Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria From Nearby Humans

The finding points to ways that 'superbugs' might spread

New York City, site of the future Climate Museum

New York City Might Get a Climate Change Museum

The museum will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

A Woman Just Found a Message in a Bottle From a Century-old Experiment

A German tourist spotted the bottle, which had been intended to measure deep ocean currents

A dead chinook, likely killed by disease, in the Elwha River in Washington

Drought Could Kill Off Many of the West Coast’s Fish

Fisheries managers are already struggling with low water and disease brought by warmth

The execution of pirates in Hamburg, 1573

Execution Ballads Once Spread the News of Punishment to the Public

The grisly tunes deliberately pull on emotions to discourage crime

A giant truck carrying tar sand from a mine in Canada

Utah Has the First Tar Sands Mine in the U.S.

The mine will operate on land in the Book Cliffs area

Molted glass during the 3D printing process, screenshot from "Glass" on Vimeo

3D Printing Molten Glass Is Beautiful

The innovation comes out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The full Rhamphorhynchus specimen

Fossilized Poop is Rare, Fossilized Poop Inside a Fossilized Dinosaur is Even Rarer

Fossilized feces are always interesting, and researchers may have just found an extra special example

Images of the rock art after the team’s analysis show a collection of animal- and human-like figures and no dragon or pterodactyl

Utah's Winged Monster Rock Painting Isn’t A Monster at All

The picture shows a collection of figures, none of which have wings

Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers in "The Wolf Man," 1941

There’s a Conference in the U.K. All About Werewolves Next Month

Wolf-to-human transformations in literature and history and their significance take the stage

See, in Slow Motion, how Ladybugs Fit Wings Inside Their Spotted red Shells

A view of the insects that is rarely seen

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