Browsing: Science

There is a mother orangutan at Tuanan Research Station in Central Kalimantan named Mindy. On one afternoon in February, her…

Parts of Aotearoa may face water shortages and increased wildfire risks this spring, Earth Sciences NZ says. El Niño has been declared in…

Water restrictions across Colorado. Some irrigation canals will be shut off mid-season here where I live in 2026. This feels…

It’s that time of year again! Here’s this year’s contact sheet of goofy jack-o-lantern pumpkin designs:(click to enlarge)It seems like…

In the previous post, I listed three major reasons for the decimation of science in the US. The first bullet…

 The weather pattern seems to have changed to a hotter, wetter July.  At least for now the almost 3″ of…

Next month I’m headed on an expedition to THE ARCTIC!!!!!! When I told one of my best friends where my…

 A New Chapter for the International Tarantula Occurrence Database (ITOD)Community science has transformed our understanding of biodiversity, but one of…

Six very short stories about trees.  1. ‘So the tree rustles in the evening, when we stand uneasy before our…

When Roger Met Patty by William Munns (2014), Createspace Independent Publishing, Platform, 510 pp, paperback and Kindle. In October 1967…

Posted on January 27, 2026 Fauna Robotics has unveiled its new soft robot named Sprout. The 3.5 foot tall bipedal…

It is a rare but special day when we can add a new plant to the relatively small list of…

For decades, scientists have wrestled with a simple but profound puzzle: how did life’s genetic code first connect with proteins?…