Bei Bei, a male giant panda, born in Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the U.S. in 2015 and returned to China in 2019, eats bamboo at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya’an, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Monday, June 12, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Caroline Chen China’s … Read more
Baby loggerhead sea turtles’ first challenge in life is a wobbly dash across the sand. The baby loggerhead sea turtles emerged from their eggshells and began their first challenge in life: a wobbly dash across the sand to the moonlit waters of Turkey’s Mediterranean coast—sometimes with a helping hand from volunteers. It is a perilous … Read more
In Azougui, the ever-encroaching sand is gradually swallowing up the trees. Wandering atop a small sand dune in central Mauritania, Aliene Haimoud gazed despondently at the yellowing date palms before him –- the trees are dying if they are not already dead. The advance of the desert is striking in the oasis village of Azougui, … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain What’s happened to the summer? I’ve been asked this question a lot over the past few weeks. Just like May, June was changeable, wet and lacking in sunshine. But it wasn’t too cold. According to MeteoSwiss, the average daily temperature in June was still 0.4 degrees Celsius warmer than the average … Read more
Emissions of CF4 and C2F6 and aluminum production in different subregions of China. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2400168121 When it comes to heating up the planet, not all greenhouse gases are created equal. They vary widely in their global warming potential (GWP), a measure of how much infrared thermal … Read more
Specification of an example experimental goal and translation into an automated data-acquisition strategy. a Visualization of the design space and corresponding measured property space for an example materials system. Samples from the design space (a discrete set of design points) map directly to a set of measured properties (measured property space). The set of all … Read more
Female S. oculata measured at 69.6 cm and the three pups measuring approximately 20, 21.5, and 23 cm (estimated from software), captured in Fethiye Bay on 26 March 2023. Credit: Aylin Ulman. Three potential Critical Angel Shark Areas (CASAs) have been identified in the Eastern Mediterranean, specifically in Türkiye’s Fethiye Bay and Antalya Bay, which … Read more
Credit: Professor Nicholas Ng-A-Fook A scoping review conducted by the Canadian Curriculum Theory Project sheds light on the pervasive presence of racism in the general curricula and a significant gap in antiracist initiatives within Canadian science education programs. Led by principal investigator Professor Nicholas Ng-A-Fook from the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, … Read more
This map shows which latitudes on the sun were rotating faster (shown in red and yellow) or slower (shown in blue and green) than average over the last 29 years, as inferred by helioseismology (the analysis of solar sound waves). For each solar cycle, there is a band of faster rotation that moves down towards … Read more
Myrmelachista ants, which excavate nesting cavities in living tree stems, keep understory leaves free of debris and pathogens. Credit: Rodolfo Probst, University of Utah Ants are famous for their regimented and complex social behaviors. In the tropics, they are also famous for forming mutualisms with plants. Certain species of trees have conspicuous hollow swellings that … Read more
