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Join the Global Classroom: The University of London

The University of London and member institution Goldsmiths have partnered with one of the world’s largest online learning platforms, Coursera, to offer a brand new suite of computer science degrees. “One of the biggest advantages of online study is how flexible it is – take advantage of that.” If you’re considering applying and wondering how […]
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Why Doesn’t the U.S. Build More Earthquake-Proof Buildings?

schwit1 shares a report from the New York Times flagging America’s surprising low usage of an engineering technique protecting buildings from earthquakes:
Chile, China, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Turkey and other countries vulnerable to earthquakes have adopted the technologies to varying degrees. But with notable exceptions, including Apple’s new headquarters in Silicon Valley, the innovations have been used only sparingly in the United…

What’s the birthstone for May?

If you were born in May, your birthstone is the emerald, a type of beryl colored green by chromium. Perfect emeralds are among the rarest of gemstones. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/may-birthstone-emerald…

Trilobites: Watch a Flower That Seems to Remember When Pollinators Will Come Calling

A colorful Peruvian plant dispenses its pollen according to a savvy, memory-based system, new research suggests. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/science/plants-moving-memory.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…

The race to save the planet from plastic

Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how. Sometime between 2010 and 2015, a tiny organism with an unusual appetite made a home in an industrial site near a bottle-recycling plant in Sakai, Japan. The site, located by a bustling port in one of the… Continue reading The race to save the planet from plastic

Ancient Whale That Walked On Four Legs Discovered In Peru

On the coast of Peru, researchers discovered the well-preserved bones of an ancient four-legged whale. Approximately 43 million years ago, the whale, which looked like a mixture of a rhino and a sea otter, had a narrow head, four legs with webbed feet and hoofed toes, and a long, muscular tail. That’s definitely a lot… Continue reading Ancient Whale That Walked On Four Legs Discovered In Peru