In a lab in China, scientists have successfully cloned two baby long-tailed macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua. These scientists were able to clone baby monkey twins using the same technique they used to clone Dolly the sheep nearly 20 years ago. Each of the twin monkeys’s fetuses were grown in petri dishes, […]
Month: March 2018
Predicting Volcanic Eruptions With…Crystals?
When thinking about a crystal, what comes to mind? For most, it probably the stunning beauty of a crystal in natural form, or for others it may be an image of a shiny piece of jewelry. Although there are the most well known aspects of crystal, they are nowhere near the most important. Recent information […]
Hunter-gatherers can smell everything we can’t
This article discusses the significant increase in hunter-gatherers’ abilities to identify different smells in comparison to those who live different life styles. It is known that people of Western cultures tend to struggle with identifying different odors. We lack the descriptive words found in other cultures like the Jahai people of the Malay Peninsula. These […]
Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Are we Hurting Ourselves?
Causes/debates relating to climate change: Climate change is one of the most pressing global concerns in this time period. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the projected annual average rise of temperatures is two degrees celsius (higher in some areas). This is an alarming increase, and it becomes interesting to look at how humans are […]
Should We Start Mining in the Deep Seas?
As demand for materials and minerals increases, many companies are proposing seabed mining in both international and national waters. The deep sea makes up over half of the Earth’s surfaces and creates habitats for thousands of different species. This and the fact that deep sea ecosystems are very sensitive raise concerns for the mining proposals. […]
Red Wolf Extinction
Red Wolfless Wild The red wolf, native to the eastern United States and found nowhere else on Earth, is facing extinction. Originally, it was thought that these wolves were killing all of the cattle in their area. In response to that, predator control programs were created, dramatically decreasing the red wolf population. Additionally, the wolves […]
The Quake Felt Round the World
Alaska Learns From Its Past and Can Hopefully Teach Others On January 23, 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale shook Alaska. Jill Burke, Alan Blinder, and Henry Fountain reported on this quake in the New York Times article, “Earthquake Shakes Alaska and Sends a Shudder of Alarm Along the […]
The Battery Powered Future
The Scientific Improvement A major inhabitance of the widespread use of rechargeable batteries is the inability to effectively and reliably use them in the workplace because the current membrane that was “brittle and fragile …”. A new solution out of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab provides a membrane that could withstand the workplace and […]
The Glaciers are Collapsing and We’re on Thin Ice
What’s Going On In 2016 in Western Tibet, 247 million cubic feet of snow and ice collapsed at 200 miles per hour and spread five miles in three minutes. Three months later a similar collapse occurred on a nearby glacier. Scientists were shocked because collapses of this nature are rare to begin with, let alone […]
Female Turtle Takeover
Climate change poses many threats to plants, species, and peoples livelihoods. A new study uncovers how warming temperatures are turning one of the world’s largest sea turtle colonies almost completely female, creating the risk that the colony will be unable to sustain itself in the years to come. Green sea turtles lay their eggs in […]