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- Animals
#BlackBirdersWeek seeks to open the outdoors for everyone
The social media campaign #BlackBirdersWeek hopes to show the world the many black birders and nature lovers of color.
- Animals
Why elephants and armadillos might easily get drunk
Stories of drunken elephants may not be a myth. Differences in a gene for breaking down alcohol could explain how they get tipsy.
- Humans
Let’s learn about bias
People can be biased, even if they don’t think they are. Luckily, there are ways to fight our biases.
- Chemistry
Let’s learn about hair
Hair is made of long, strong protein chains. These chains have a lot of science in them.
- Science & Society
A first: Commercial rocket takes humans into space
Two NASA astronauts aboard the privately built Crew Dragon capsule are the first to be sent into orbit from U.S. soil since 2011.
- Life
Planets with hydrogen skies could harbor life
Microbes can live in a hydrogen atmosphere. This points to new space worlds that host alien life.
- Animals
When prey get scarce, these jellies become cannibals
Invasive comb jellies may feast on their larvae if massive population booms in summer deplete their prey.
- Health & Medicine
Scientists Say: Protein
Proteins are molecules made up of building blocks called amino acids. They play many key roles in the body’s cells and are essential for life.
- Earth
Fossil fuels appear to release far more methane than we thought
Ice cores reveal less methane than expected. This suggests today’s fossil fuel industry is responsible for nearly all of the methane emissions from natural sources today.
- Humans
Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors
Some women in North American hunter-gatherer societies and Mongolian herding groups may have been warriors.
- Environment
CO2 emissions have nosedived as COVID-19 keeps people home
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted travel that can pollute the air. By April, travel-related daily emissions of greenhouse gases was back to 2006 levels.
- Planets
Let’s learn about Jupiter
This gas giant is home to a massive storm that has lasted hundreds of years. It’s also surrounded by dozens of moons.
