Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of physical contact in cattle herds of different densities. Or they could record the sounds whales make as they migrate through the ocean.
Animal...
The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from[1] relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks and artillery flattening buildings in the Gaza Strip[2], hundreds of kidnapped hostages[3] imprisoned in subterranean tunnels, and millions of people driven from their homes by fighting[4].
But beyond the...
If all goes well late on May 6, 2024, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will blast off into space[1] on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Launching from the Kennedy Space Center, this last crucial test for Starliner will test out the new spacecraft and take the pair to the International Space Station for about a week.
The three staple crops dominating modern diets – corn, rice and wheat – are familiar to Americans. However, fourth place is held by a dark horse: cassava[1].
While nearly unknown in temperate climates, cassava is a key source of nutrition throughout the tropics[2]. It was domesticated 10,000 years ago[3], on the southern margin of the...