Tag Archives: Environment

Fay Dowker Public Lecture – Spacetime Atoms and the Unity of Physics (Perimeter Public Lecture)

Fay Dowker speaks at a Perimeter Institute Public Lecture on November 2, 2011. Black holes are hot! This discovery made by Stephen Hawking ties together gravity, spacetime, quantum matter, and thermal systems into the beautiful and exciting science of “Black … Continue reading →

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Perfect Pixels

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James Lucas @JamesLucasIT · 5h Thread on the beauty of our planet to celebrate Earth Day 🧵

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Happy #EarthDay!

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BBC Radio 4 – History’s Secret Heroes, 14. The Unbreakable Navajo Code

A group of Native American soldiers devise a secret code for the Allies. A group of Native American soldiers use their language to devise a secret code for the Allies. Can the Navajo code help win one of the fiercest … Continue reading →

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Maximiliano Jonas | off the coast of Puerto Madryn, Argentina

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Swan, unable to swim through all the plastic waste around her…

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Can AI Help Us Talk to Whales?

[…] New technology is revolutionizing how we study and protect nature. In this video, we’ll learn how artificial intelligence is being used to decode the sonic landscapes of the ocean – specifically, whale song. That’s right, there may come a … Continue reading →

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International Mother Earth Day | United Nations

Picture taken by the Apollo 11 crew on their way home. PHOTO:NASA (image restored by Toby Ord) Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires … Continue reading →

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BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Could climate change lead to more volcanic eruptions?

We head to New Zealand to ask how a hotter planet will affect volcanoes. We spend a lot of our time thinking about climate change, but listener Paul has a question that isn’t usually part of the conversation. He wants … Continue reading →

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I’m A Genetic Engineer. I’m Also a Fish.

Horizontal gene transfer might not be the flashiest of names, but animals are using it to create genetic hybrids without a human in sight. Like frogs rocking the DNA snippets of snakes, and fish sharing antifreeze superpowers. Hosted by: Savannah … Continue reading →

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Beautiful, well engineered infrastructure you haven’t seen before – a thread🧵👇

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