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Deanna Conners
New marine protection zone will help endangered penguins and more
Plans are in place to create the world’s 4th-largest fully protected marine reserve at the Tristan da Cunha archipelago.
December 4, 2020
Here are 3 amazing feats of spiders
Halloween time is spider time. Three amazing spider skills you might not have known about.
October 30, 2020
Which insects have the worst stings?
Some of the most painful stings come from tarantula hawk wasps, warrior wasps, and bullet ants.
September 30, 2020
Why Earth has 4 seasons
Some assume our planet's changing distance from the sun causes the change in the seasons. That's logical, but not the case for Earth.
September 22, 2020
Hurricane Hanna shrinks Gulf of Mexico dead zone
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is much smaller than usual this year because Hurricane Hanna stirred up the area of low-oxygen water.
August 26, 2020
Dark Sky Sanctuary established in New England
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine was certified as a Dark Sky Sanctuary on May 8, 2020.
July 21, 2020
How do fireworks get their colors?
Many, perhaps most, fireworks displays have been canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. Still, it's fun to contemplate the fact that the beautiful colors in fireworks - so good at stirring our emotions - are created by chemistry.
July 4, 2020
Will large parts of Earth be too hot for people in 50 years?
Inhospitably hot regions on Earth occupy about 0.8% of the globe now. New research indicates that - if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated - these regions may expand to something more like 19% by 2070.
June 23, 2020
What are zoonotic diseases and what can we do about them?
Infectious diseases that leap from animals to humans are called zoonotic diseases. Covid-19 is an example of a zoonotic disease caused by a coronavirus.
May 7, 2020
