Miyake Event
A Miyake event is an observed sharp enhancement of the production of cosmogenic isotopes by cosmic rays. It can be marked by a spike in the concentration of radioactive carbon isotope C in tree rings, as well… Read more »
Projects & Nature
Lachen
A major UCLA study says that at least 65 species of animals laugh If you’ve never seen a fox giggle, you’re in for a treat. Annie ReneauUpworthy Staff 02.02.24… Read more »
Acacia van Ténéré, Sahara, Niger, later his/her rests in Niamey
De Acacia van Ténéré was een eenzame Vachellia tortilis die groeide in de Sahara. Deze boom werd beschouwd als de meest eenzame van de wereld: er was nergens in een straal van 400 km een levende… Read more »
Dubbele gruwel in Argentinië: horrorslachthuizen en bloedboerderijen
Foto: Posibl./Tierschutzbund Zürich De documentaire Cinco Corazones (Vijf Harten) laat zien dat paarden in Argentinië ernstig worden mishandeld. Dit gebeurt zowel voor als tijdens de slacht. Een deel van de slachtpaarden komt van Argentijnse bloedboerderijen. Daar… Read more »
It Took Just One Wolf to Revive An Entire Forest Ecosystem
ENVIRONMENT26 August 2023 By AFP (Adria Photography/Moment/Getty Images) In 1997, a lone wolf crossed an ice bridge In 1997, a lone wolf crossed… Read more »
First of two August supermoons in spectacular show
While supermoons happen with regularity, a blue moon is also due later this month. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) Skygazers across the country have been treated to a spectacular supermoon overnight, the… Read more »
Mysterious Paradox of How Whales Avoid Cancer Has a New Solution
HEALTH26 May 2023 ByCLARE WATSON A pair of bowhead whales. (Simon Svensson/Getty Images) Giant whales have little cancer relative to their body size. It’s a biological mismatch known as Peto’s paradox, which describes how… Read more »
The Vanishing Race – Manahatta – Ondersteboven van de Amerika’s
Photographed in 1904, The Vanishing Race was Curtis’ signature piece and was the visual metaphor for the core conceptual underpinning of Curtis’ entire thirty-year project i.e., that Native Americans, as a… Read more »
Rainbows are actually full circles. A physicist explains
There is no end to knowledge. The more we try to reach its ends, the boundaries become broader and broader. The more we try to know the truth, the more… Read more »
Mycorrhizal Network – WoodWide Web
Nutrient exchanges and communication between a mycorrhizal fungus and plants. White threads of fungal mycelium are sometimes visible underneath leaf litter in a forest floor. A Mycorrhizal network (also known as a common… Read more »