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Meet the real-life versions of Dune’s epic sandworms
The film Dune: Part Two might feature human actors Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, but the biggest stars — at least literally — are the sandworms. The sandworms are central to the desert ecosystem of the fictional planet Arrakis, the film’s main setting, and to the culture of its inhabitants, the Fremen. Sandworms live underground and…
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Got milk? Meet the weird amphibian that nurses its young
The worm-like caecilian Siphonops annulatus is the first amphibian described to produce ‘milk’ for offspring hatched outside its body.Credit: Carlos Jared An egg-laying amphibian found in Brazil nourishes its newly hatched young with a fatty, milk-like substance, according to a study published today in Science1. Lactation is considered a key characteristic of mammals. But a…
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AI-generated images and video are here: how could they shape research?
Tools such as Sora can generate convincing video footage from text prompts.Credit: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Artificial intelligence (AI) tools that translate text descriptions into images and video are advancing rapidly. Just as many researchers are using ChatGPT to transform the process of scientific writing, others are using AI image generators such as Midjourney, Stable…
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Communication barriers for a Deaf PhD student meant risking burnout
Megan Majocha, a tumour-biology researcher in the laboratory at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, says Deaf researchers shouldn’t have to spend time developing sign language for their science.Credit: NIH Sign language in science The lack of scientific terms and vocabulary in many of the world’s sign languages can make science education…
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Environmental Science Center’s ‘Heroes for Nature’ Gala will be Saturday, Mar. 16 – The B-Town (Burien) Blog
Want to support an incredible nonprofit providing free environmental and science education to South King County? Want to enjoy a low key, casual evening with catered food and drink, dessert dash, photo booth, and Live Raptor encounters? Consider joining a few of your neighbors at Environmental Science Center’s Heroes for Nature Gala on Saturday, Mar.…
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Corvallis Science & Nature: AI Goes Whale Watching
Even with a light dusting of snow this past week, spring continues its slow approach here in the heart of the valley. We have a stretch of clear blue skies this week, which should be more than enough to get gardeners and hikers alike out into the world. This coming week will see the beginning…
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John Muir Laws on How to Nature Journal
A journal about journaling? In this issue, John Muir Laws gets meta.
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Untangling the science of hair: why we lose it, why it goes grey and why we have hair on our heads at all
Anthony Morgan is having a bad hair day. Sarika Cullis-Suzuki is wondering how to fight the frizz. And many of us can relate. A 2018 survey by InStyle magazine found that 75 per cent of women consider hair important to their well-being. In a 2005 study of European men, over 70 per cent reported hair…
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How to keep your hair healthy, according to science
Canadians spend more than $2 billion a year on hair care products and salons. We are obsessed with our hair. In Hairy Tales, a documentary from The Nature of Things, co-hosts Sarika Cullis-Suzuki and Anthony Morgan meet doctors, geneticists, leading researchers and even a Guinness World Record holder for the heaviest weight lifted with hair…
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Registration now open for Science North summer camps in Orillia
NEWS RELEASESCIENCE NORTH*********************Registration for Science North Summer Science Camps is now open in Barrie and surrounding areas including Orillia and Midland. As well as 30+ additional communities across Northern Ontario. Since 1987, Science North has offered fun, unique, and educational summer science camp experiences to over 30,000 children ages 4–14 across Ontario! This year is no different as…
