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When Trees Meet Buildings
Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures – and doing it in a more literal way than ever before. For more by The B1M subscribe now – http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read the full story on this video, including images and … Continue reading
L’orchestre D’hibernation Animaux – How Animals Hibernate
What if hibernating animals of different species formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep? Well, they did—sort of. Because this is the science version of “Peter and the Wolf”… A flute playing wood frog who freezes. … Continue reading
Prof Devi Sridhar: “For the world the pandemic is going to go on for several years’
Professor Devi Sridhar is the Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh and sits on the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) She has become one of the most familiar faces on our screens during the … Continue reading
The Shearwaters
THIS. HAPPENED. Alfred Hitchcock’s classic THE BIRDS is, in part, inspired by a very real phenomenon that occurred in Santa Cruz, California in 1961. One night, inexplicably, thousands of sooty shearwater birds lost their minds, dive-bombing into homes and even … Continue reading
The World’s Most Impressive Vertical Forest.
Vertical forests and forest cities are springing up around the world. Singapore’s Oasia hotel won the best tall building award, with 60 storeys of green walls, and 40% of its volume used for open air terraces. https://www.straitstimes.com/business… In Japan, Fukuoka’s … Continue reading
‘Spooky Interactions’, shocking adaptations discovered in electric fish of Brazil’s Amazon
In findings published in the journal Frontiers, researchers have shown how a cave-adapted glass knifefish species of roughly 300 living members (Eigenmannia vicentespelea) has evolved from surface-dwelling relatives (Eigenmannia trilineata) that still live just outside their cave door — by … Continue reading
Julian Barbour on “The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time” | Closer To Truth Chats
Physicist Julian Barbour discusses his newest book, “The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time.” In it, Barbour makes the radical argument that the growth of order drives the passage of time — and shapes the destiny of the universe. … Continue reading
Iceberg on collision course with South Georgia
The giant A-68A iceberg could strike land this month – wreaking havoc near the waters of the South Georgia Island. Since its ‘birth’ in 2017, the iceberg has travelled thousands of kilometres from the Larsen C ice shelf, in Antarctica, … Continue reading
Basking sharks travel in extended families with their own ‘gourmet maps’ of feeding spots, genetic tagging reveals | The Conversation
The latest research reveals basking sharks are not lone predators but rather family-minded creatures with a fancy for fine dining with their own folk. Authors Catherine S Jones Senior Lecturer, Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen Leslie Noble Professor of Aquatic … Continue reading
Fossil free steel. Another giant step towards net carbon zero?
Steel has become an essential material in our modern world. But the steel making industry is responsible for 7% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. That has to be reduced by at least 60% by 2050 if we are to … Continue reading
How to make a vaccine in record time
Vaccines usually take decades to develop – so how is Oxford University’s ChAdOx1 nCoV-1 vaccine trial moving so quickly? It comes down to careful planning, extraordinary logistics and a whole lot of help from partners around the world. Find out … Continue reading
The Insane Biology of: The Octopus
Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images References: [1] https://www.nature.com/scitable/topic… [2] https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biolo… [3] https://ideas.ted.com/oddballs-with-h… … Continue reading
