Jan 3, 2025 · Credit: Shutterstock This winter marks the 125th year of Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count, in which bird nerds across the Western Hemisphere venture outside to record all the birds they see and hear.. Scientists use that data to understand how birds are faring, where they’re moving, and what they’re up to when it’s not breeding season.

Jan 3, 2025 · Credit: Image collage made with Shutterstock, Canva, and Business Wire. Each year, the journalists at the MIT Technology Review publish a list of 10 breakthrough technologies: these are things poised to hit a tipping point, and potentially change the way the world works.. Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence remains a big breakthrough.

When a fire burns in an urban area, it unleashes a slurry of chemicals. Scientists are trying to untangle the chemistry at play. Plus, early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows the residue of an icy brine and a soup of amino acids.

Feb 9, 2024 · Credit: Shutterstock and photo artwork by Emma Gometz As frivolous as it may sound, the use of trash talk has a long, hilarious history that dates back to the Bible and the Homeric poems. Fundamentally, this insult-slinging is the presentation of a challenge, and it’s found its way into sports, politics, and even cutthroat family board game nights.

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Sep 27, 2024 · The study authors measured the relative scale and spacing of the whirling brush strokes in Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” along with variances in luminance of the paint to see if the laws that apply in the physics of real skies apply in the painting.

Dec 6, 2024 · The Iguanodon’s Horn by Sean Rubin “When the iguanodon was first discovered, people assumed it had a huge, rhino-like horn atop its nose. Though kids will flock to this book for the striking dino images—and giggle at some of the incorrect assumptions scientists have made about these prehistoric creatures—they’ll also learn an important lesson: Science is a never-ending process, and ...

Oct 21, 2022 · Every planet in the solar system is affected by multiple forces. The gravity of the Sun pulls planets toward the center of the solar system. The inertia from the creation of the planets sent them flying in a straight line, perpendicular to the force of the Sun’s gravity. When these forces combine, they result in centripetal forces that push our planets in their circular motion around the Sun.

Oct 27, 2022 · The last total solar eclipse in the US was in 2017. The next is coming up in 2024. Start planning now with Science Friday articles and activities to help you become an eclipse expert and view the eclipse safely.. Want to keep learning about light? Try What Makes Day and Night by Franklyn M. Branley. If you discover a great book, make sure you share your recommendation with Science Friday.

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