Science in meter and verse Credit: Getty Images Advertisement Edited by Dava Sobel That we need the sky to tell us we don’t matter is why, before totality, we are so giddy and akimbo. In its random masking, how shall the Sun disclose its other light? (We’ve not seen before.) […]
Day: December 25, 2020
The Kaleidoscopic Art of Threatened Corals
Miami vibrates with color and dazzling nightlife. And below the surrounding coastal waterline, coral reefs enjoy out their individual neon dramas that rival all those of the town. Generating these similarities noticeable to the general public is the aim of the artwork duo referred to as Coral Morphologic. Musician J. […]
Nature in Verse: What Poetry Reveals about Science
As a lifelong reader of Scientific American, I was tickled to uncover a small above a year ago that the journal had carried poetry in its earliest issues. Volume I, Quantity 1, for example, dated 28 August 1845, provided a poem termed “Attraction” that touched on gravity, magnetism and sexual […]
COVID Has Laid Bare the Inequities That Face Mothers in STEM
More females than at any time right before are earning Ph.D.s and pursuing occupations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), nevertheless they continue being mainly underrepresented in senior positions—especially gals of coloration and other ethnic minorities. In STEM academia, ladies acquire about fifty percent of doctoral levels, but only […]
How You Can Help Stop Invasive Spotted Lanternflies
Since it was 1st noticed in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014, the spotted lanternfly—a a single-inch-extended plant hopper that resembles a moth and is native to components of Southeast Asia—has been wreaking havoc on East Coast lumber, tree fruit and wine industries. It has distribute to at minimum 26 Pennsylvania […]
A Half Century Later, the Journey of Apollo 8 Still Inspires
Editor’s Notice: This weblog was at first posted in December 2008 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 8’s historic mission. It has been flippantly edited. On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 was introduced on just one of the biggest journeys in the background of human exploration. Think about if […]