Book Review: The Planet Factory
The Planet Factory is a guide to real-life Tatooines, planets made of diamonds, and possible Earth twins. It’s a story…
Year: 2017
Citizen Scientists Invited to Identify Plants
By Kate Stone @GotScienceOrg Pl@ntNet is a citizen science project and an app that helps you identify plants, thanks to…
Ongoing Human Evolution Revealed in Data
A research team at Columbia University has conducted a large-scale study of ongoing human evolution. Genetic data reveals how humans…
Shelf Life Video: The Salamander-Algae Symbiotic Relationship
What happens inside a Salamander egg? How does the embryo interact with its environment? Find out in this video.
How Can Kids Become Citizen Scientists?
Can children be effective citizen scientists? A team from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences has a program to answer that question.
Shelf Life Video: The Dinosaurs of Ghost Ranch
Dinosaurs’ fossils have attracted paleontologists to the Badlands of Ghost Ranch, NM, since 1881. Here, they have found the best…
Underwater Gardening: Coral Reefs and Aquaculture
Rescue a Reef is a coral restoration project by UM Rosenstiel School scientists. Rescuing coral reefs restores underwater habitats.
A Trip to Totality: Experiencing the 2017 Solar Eclipse
By Jeff Goldberg @jeffagoldberg For a while, I was conflicted about the effort to see the solar eclipse either in…
Shortfin Mako Shark under Threat
The shortfin mako shark is disappearing 10 times faster than previously thought. How are researchers trying to change this process?
Coral Gardening Effectively Restores Staghorn Corals
Since the 1980s, Staghorn corals have suffered massive declines (up to 98 percent). How can we restore them? With coral restoration programs.