MichelledeVilliersflipped into Art and Science6 days agoAmerica’s Climate Boomtowns Are Waitingverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Abrahm LustgartenRising temperatures could push millions of people north. As my airplane flew low over the flatlands of western Michigan on a dreary December afternoon, sunbursts splintered the soot-toned clouds and made mirrors out of the flooded fields below. There was plenty of rain in this part of the Rust …
MichelledeVilliersflipped into Art and ScienceMichel Talagrand Wins Abel Prize for Work Wrangling RandomnessQuanta Magazine - Jordana CepelewiczThe French mathematician spent decades developing a set of tools now widely used for taming random processes. Random processes take place all around …
MichelledeVilliersflipped into Art and SciencePython Meat Could Be a Sustainable, Nutritious Food Source, Scientists SaySmithsonian Magazine - Sarah KutaMove over, lab-grown meat: Python could be the food of the future. These scaly reptiles may be one of the most sustainable animals to farm on the …
MichelledeVilliersflipped into Art and ScienceBackyard Bird DiaryThe Paris Review - Amy TanSeptember 16, 2017 While watching hummingbirds buzz around me, I recalled a fantasy every child has: that I could win the trust of wild animals and they would willingly come to me. I imagined tiny avian helicopters dining on my palm. To lure them, I bought Lilliputian hummingbird feeders, four for …
MichelledeVilliersflipped into Art and ScienceWhat Is Quantum Teleportation?Quanta Magazine - Janna LevinTeleporting people through space is still science fiction. But quantum teleportation is dramatically different and entirely real. In this episode, …
MichelledeVilliersflipped into Art and ScienceCheck out some of the most unusual exhibits from a digital ‘cabinet of curiosities’science.org - Phie JacobsScans from openVertebrate granted new insights into the eating habits of the rim rock crowned snake (Tantilla oolitica), North America’s rarest …