Tag: nature
The next step in sustainable design: Bringing the weather indoors
Kevin Nute, University of Oregon
A building’s primary purpose may be to keep the weather out, but most do such an effective job of this...
Hummingbird tongues are tiny pumps that spring open to draw in...
Alejandro Rico-Guevara, University of Connecticut and Kristiina Hurme, University of Connecticut
Hummingbirds live life at incomprehensible speeds. Their flight acrobatics are amazing, maneuvering more like...
Play linked to sluggish growth in infant monkeys – but should...
Phyllis Lee, University of Stirling
For more than a century, researchers have tried to pin down exactly why so many animal species play in their...
Canary in the Gold King Mine: legacy of abandoned mines means...
Ronald R H Cohen, Colorado School of Mines
You are gazing over the clear stream, thinking of fishing the crystal waters in the Rockies. The...
From Smokey Bear to climate change: the future of wildland fire...
John Bailey, Oregon State University
Current conditions in the West demonstrate that our US fire management system is struggling and approaching a state of crisis....
Giraffes aren’t dangerous – but they will soon be endangered
Matt Hayward
, Bangor University
An American trophy hunter has kicked off another social media furore after defending a recent giraffe kill in South Africa by...
In a water-scarce West of the future, who will be hit...
Lauren Foster
, Colorado School of Mines
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series here.
Despite...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
