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Jubilee singers at Fisk University, in Nashville, Tennessee, pose for promotional photograph, circa 1871. William L. Clements Library – By Samantha Hill, 2019 – 2021 Joyce Bock Fellow at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan and current graduate student …
Periodical cicada in Washington, D.C., 2017 May. Katha Schulz/Flickr, CC BY – By John Cooley, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut and Chris Simon, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut 2021 Mar 12 – A big …
BASE particle physicists have discovered a very precise way to examine antimatter. The Veil Nebula. Credit: By Jschulman555 – Own work, Wikipedia Commons. – By Philip Perry 2017 Dec 21 – Thank your lucky stars you’re alive. It’s truly a miracle of nature. …
Circle spoofing is an advanced form of GPS manipulation – but nobody knows exactly how, or why. Not really there – and not moving in circles: ‘ghost ship’ patterns off the coast of northern California. Credit: Courtesy of SkyTruth/Global Fishing Watch/Orbcomm/Spire – By …
Floraes Mallewagen (Flora’s wagon of fools): Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, c1640 (photo: Laura Blanchard), CC BY-SA – By Anne Goldgar, Professor of Early Modern History, King’s College London Updated 2018 Feb 12 – Right now, it’s Bitcoin. But in the past we’ve had dotcom …
New research highlights the need for chemical manufacturers to be more transparent in reporting how and where chemical compounds are used. Garsya/Depositphotos View 1 Images – By Rich Haridy 2021 Mar 18 – A study from scientists at UC San Francisco is demonstrating a …
An illustration of ‘Oumuamua’s pancake-like shape. William Hartmann View 2 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Mar 17 – A few years ago, astronomers discovered a bizarre object named ‘Oumuamua, which not only defied conventional classification but was the first thing found to be …
Scientists have discovered fossilized plants almost a mile under the Greenland ice sheet, which has worrying implications for climate change. sergio_p/Depositphotos View 3 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Mar 17 – Scientists have made the surprising discovery of fossilized plants 1.4 km …
Paul and Becky Rogers converted 14 acres of land in Kent County, Mich. to habitat that supports pollinators, songbirds and wildlife. USDA/Flickr, CC BY – By Thomas Hertel, Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University 2021 Mar 09 – Growing food in a sustainable, …
The 69 million-dollar JPEG: Beeple’s Everydays: the First 5000 days. Beeple View 2 Images – By Loz Blain 2021 Mar 11 – A digital artist called “Beeple” is now one of the top three most valuable artists alive – in any medium – after …
