Month: March 2018

  • Human activity may be changing how birds communicate | Miles O'Brien Productions

    Human activity may be changing how birds communicate

    When we study animals, we often try to work in pristine, “natural” habitats. I have spent many months wandering around remote forests with binoculars, a notebook, and a recorder, tracking down singing birds and recording their songs, with the goal of understanding what types of information singing birds are communicating to each other. These types…

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  • First stars, bees, and chimps: this week in science | Miles O'Brien Productions

    First stars, bees, and chimps: this week in science

    Here’s a look back at this week in science, with stories you don’t want to miss. Space babies The world of astronomy was abuzz with the discovery of the light from the earliest stars. We now know that the first brilliant giants were born 180 million years after the Big Bang. Using a small but…

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