The Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas hosted an eclipse party on the plaza, inviting thousands of people to experience the eclipse together with astronomers guiding them along the way. An hour before the gates opened outside the Perot Museum of Nature and Science’s Great North American Eclipse event, Jean Martin and Christopher…

April 8, 2024 1:00 pm – 4:30 pmObserver EditorObserver Editor Solar Eclipse Celebration: Leslie Science & Nature Center All invited to view the solar eclipse through eclipse glasses (provided). Also, LSNC staff lead a program of hands-on activities exploring astronomical phenomena and the night sky. 1–4:30 p.m. (the eclipse reaches its maximum phase at 3:35…

A mass of starlings swoop and twirl, tracing what looks like dotted lines across a golden evening sky. Elephants charge through the streets of a small town at night, seeking food as humans retreat indoors. A SpaceX rocket, on a secretive mission, transits in front of the moon. Two monkeys immerse themselves in a Japanese…

Izzy, the two-toed sloth, has just been hanging around these days in her home, the new “Life” exhibit at Orlando Science Center. She has trees to climb, a rope from which to dangle and a hammock for regular relaxing. Science center visitors will get a good look at Izzy and other animal inhabitants of “Life”…

Setting goals that are context-specific, relevant, and collectively shared is critical in adaptation. As necessary elements in target setting, imaginaries for adaptation and the language connected to them remain vague. Visuals produced through art-science collaborations can be great allies to (de)construct imaginaries and deglobalise discourses of adaptation. Adaptation that counts in local contexts Adaptation to…

Abstract Extreme atmospheric-marine events, known as medicanes (short for “Mediterranean hurricanes”), have affected the Mediterranean basin in recent years, resulting in extensive coastal flooding and storm surges, and have occasionally been responsible for several casualties. Considering that the development mechanism of these events is similar to tropical cyclones, it is plausible that these phenomena are…

Following those often jaw-dropping (and sometimes hilarious fails) through time to today, host Maren Hunsberger asks: “What’s next?”. By talking to today’s innovative young scientists, engineers, artists, and other big thinkers, we see how the mistakes of the past are leading us into the science of tomorrow…and toward a better future.

Greenfield Recorder – ‘One of the great gifts of nature’: Expert shares science, viewing methods behind April 8 solar eclipse <!– –> <!– –> James Lowenthal, Mary Elizabeth Moses professor and Smith College chair of astronomy, delivers a public lecture “Chasing the Moon’s Shadow: The Total Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024” last week at…

Graeme Green Every morning, the smooth-coated otters of Singapore patrol their urban territories to guard against invading clans. Traffic wardens hold back cars and motorbikes as the intelligent animals wait, then scamper across busy roads. But, in scenes from the BBC’s new six-part documentary series, “Mammals,” city life is clearly a challenge for the resident…