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Month: May 2016

Bird Migration: I’ll Fly Home—or Not
Biology Zoology

Bird Migration: I’ll Fly Home—or Not

May 31, 2016

By Mark Lasbury, MS, MSEd, PhD @Biologuy1 The arctic tern travels from north of the Arctic Circle to Antarctica and…

Simon’s Cat: Why Do Cats Love Boxes?
Science Videos Zoology

Simon’s Cat: Why Do Cats Love Boxes?

May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

So, why do cats love boxes so much? Simon’s Cat Logic is a fun new video series in which an…

Phosphorescent Concrete Lights the Way Home
New Technologies Physics

Phosphorescent Concrete Lights the Way Home

May 25, 2016February 9, 2025

By Jonathan Trinastic Imagine a future when, as dusk turns to night during a long drive, the darkening highway begins…

Saving Forests with Artificial Intelligence
Environment New Technologies

Saving Forests with Artificial Intelligence

May 24, 2016February 19, 2024

By Norman Rusin The global trade in products made from illegally extracted timber is a multi-billion dollar industry. The World…

Outwitting Poachers with Anti-Poaching AI
Environment New Technologies Zoology

Outwitting Poachers with Anti-Poaching AI

May 23, 2016February 19, 2024

Every day, poachers kill tigers, elephants, rhinos, and other animals. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) is ready to curb poaching and protect the animals.

Soil Carbon Unstable After Clear-Cutting
Ecology Environment

Soil Carbon Unstable After Clear-Cutting

May 17, 2016May 3, 2021

Clear-cutting is chopping down all the trees in an area, as opposed to selective logging, which is removing only the mature trees.

Why Do We Laugh?
Biology Science Videos

Why Do We Laugh?

May 16, 2016September 5, 2023

Laugh hard, laugh often. Why do we do it? Laughing is a universal human behavior that transcends language and culture, but why? VIDEO

Malaria Drugs: Herb Garden to Medicine Cabinet
Biology Chemistry

Malaria Drugs: Herb Garden to Medicine Cabinet

May 12, 2016February 12, 2024

Malaria kills 1 million people each year, most of whom are children in sub-Saharan Africa. Turning to nature for new…

Climate Change: Why Don’t We Worry More?
Environment

Climate Change: Why Don’t We Worry More?

May 11, 2016May 10, 2016

“If we could invent one risk that bypasses all of our psychological alarm systems, global climate change would be it,”…

North American Monkeys Older Than Previously Thought
Paleontology Zoology

North American Monkeys Older Than Previously Thought

May 10, 2016May 9, 2016

By Emily Rhode @riseandsci With the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, North and South America became connected by a…

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