This week in science: protecting butterflies, ocean migration and Madagascar frogs NPR's Short Wave tells about an ambitious plan to protect monarch butterflies from climate change, new research about a massive ocean migration, and seven new frog species found in Madagascar. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: And it is time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. …
Translated by Jane Billinghurst, author and forester Peter Wohlleben’s latest book The Heartbeat of Trees: Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature_, with the aid of the latest scientific research, shows how deeply humans are connected to the natural world. That famous elephant memory is also found in trees, and both communicate in languages that we didn’t even recognize …
Wuxi Museum 无锡博物院 Address: 1 Zhongshu Road, Wuxi city, Jiangsu province Hours: 9am-5pm Closed Mondays General admission: Free Tel: 85727500, 85727600 Email: [email protected] Wuxi Museum opens to the public in 2008. One of the museum's permanent collection, the bronze sword of King Liao of Wu, who reigned during the Spring and Autumn Periods, only has a thickness of 0.7 centimeters …
In a dim pink room at the University of Queensland, thousands of small avocado trees are being grown from cuttings and lovingly tended to. Professor Neena Mitter had never tasted avocado before moving to Australia 19 years ago, but she is now applying stem cell science to smashing a shortage of the fruit. "When I came to Australia from India …
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