Environmental & Science Education, Poetry, Art & Environment
Ed Hessler
A Face, a Cup is by Molly Peacock.
This is a one-stop link: poem + publication information + bio of poet.
Environmental & Science Education, Poetry, Art & Environment
Ed Hessler
A Face, a Cup is by Molly Peacock.
This is a one-stop link: poem + publication information + bio of poet.
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Health, Medicine, Nature of Science, History of Science
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Geology, Earth & Space Science, Earth Systems
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Behavior, Science & Society, Culture, Biological Evolution
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Science & Society
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, History of Science, Nature of Science
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Behavior, Nature, Wildlife, Citizen Science
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Science & Society
Across the world, huge numbers of illegal roads have been cut into forests. However, due to their illicit nature, the exact numbers of these roads and their impacts on ecosystems is poorly understood. To address this, researchers have undertaken a huge mapping exercise across the tropical Asia-Pacific region. Their findings reveal over a million kilometres of roads that don’t appear on official maps, and that their construction is a key driver for deforestation.
10:44 Research Highlights
How climate change fuelled a record-breaking hailstorm in Spain, and an unusual technique helps researchers detect a tiny starquake.
Research Highlight: Baseball-sized hail in Spain began with a heatwave at sea.
Research Highlight: Smallest known starquakes are detected with a subtle shift of color.
13:02 Briefing Chat
A clinical trial to test whether ‘mini livers’ can grow in a person’s lymph node, and the proteins that might determine left-handedness.
Nature News: 'Mini liver' will grow in person's own lymph node in bold new trial.
Nature News: Right- or left-handed? Protein in embryo cells might help decide
Nature Video: How would a starfish wear trousers? Science has an answer.
Environmental & Science Education, Poetry, Art & Environment
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Solar System, Earth & Space Science, Astrophysics, Science & Society, History of Science
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Nature, Wildlife, Global Change
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Earth and Space Science, Astronomy
Ed Hessler
Two great images from Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) show "the angular size difference between a supermoon and a "micro" moon."
With explanations.
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Astronomy, Solar System, History of Science
Environmental & Science Education, Poetry, Art & Environment
Ed Hessler
The Sandhill Cranes of Nebraska is by Billy Collins.
Unfortunately there is a column of categories on the right hand side of the picture although it doesn't detract too much. There are two photographs of cranes following the poem as well as some comments by Rosemary who included another entry showing some of the lovely Yoshino cherry trees on University of Washington campus.
Here is Billy Collins reading this poem.
The poem is from Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems, Random House, 2013.
About Billy Collins from Wikipedia.
Environmental & Science Education, STEM, Global Change, Climate Change, Sustainability
"Hi Peter, thanks for the link. Yes, that was the first of those projects, lots of buzzwords about AdS/CFT and quantum simulations and strange metals and so on. Worked like a charm!
"Just one correction. I haven’t left academia, I am affiliated with the University of Munich (the Center for Mathematical Philosophy), it’s just that I’m not employed by them (partly because I don’t live in Munich and have no intention of moving there). I haven’t entirely abandoned the idea to apply for another grant again in the future — mostly because I’d like to have a team to work with — but at the moment I’m rather sick of it."