The Culture DeskStoryboardBig Ideas: Highest Resolution Images Of The Sun And New Form Of The Northern Lights CapturedCurated byThe Culture DeskThe Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii releases the highest resolution photos of the sun’s surface. Plus, a new form of the Northern Lights captured.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/science/nasa-spitzer-space-telescope.htmlThe Culture DeskJan 31, 2020
BBC NewsCoronavirus declared global health emergency by WHOverified_publisherBBC NewsThe new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread outside China. "The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom …
National GeographicThese lava lakes drained catastrophically—and scientists caught it in actionverified_publisherNational Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasSome 14 billion cubic feet of magma squeezed through deep cracks under Vanuatu’s Ambrym island, fracturing the landscape and lifting up the coasts. When Yves Moussallam trekked around Vanuatu’s Ambrym volcano in the winter of 2018, the ground was blanketed in green, and five incandescent lakes of …
Regeneration: The amphibian’s opusknowablemagazine.org - Amber DanceCertain salamanders can regrow lost body parts. How do they do it? And could people someday do the same?
Scientists Release Genetically Engineered Moths for First Timeverified_publisherfuturism.com - Kristin HouserOf course, the release of any genetically engineered organism into the wild brings with it a slew of concerns. The diamondback moth is a huge pest. It …
The AtlanticThe New Video of One of the Scariest Places on Earthverified_publisherThe Atlantic - Robinson MeyerThe “grounding line” of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is, without hyperbole, one of the most important places on one of the most important objects in the natural world. And scientists now have video of it for the first time. Earlier this week, researchers published the first images of the …