The NASA spacecraft has also snapped more shots of its surroundings and listened to a Martian wind gustBy Alexandra Witze, Nature magazine on February 23, 2021 A portion of a panoramic composite image created from some of the first pictures beamed back from Mars by NASA’s Perseverance. Credit: NASA and JPL-Caltechdiv class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering " data-dfp-adword="Advertisement"
By Fauna & Flora International, February 25, 2021 For many of us the snowdrops are coming up. It’s a welcome sight, in a rather bleak time.But far beyond an occasional pick-me-up, plants do more for our planet than most people give them credit for.Much, much more.They provide us with moisture, biofuels, oxygen. They form the food that feeds us, the cloth that clothes us, the medicines that heal us.They are the blooming heart of our ecosystems
Our panelists explore China’s leadership on green finance, the role of data in mitigating biodiversity loss and the connective tissues required to secure the future of our planetBy China Dialogue, February 15, 2021This year, the climate and biodiversity agendas are set to come together on the global stage as never before. With China hosting its first multilateral environmental summit (the UN biodiversity conference, COP15), this is an important
Dumping nickel mine waste in the ocean is a risk to coral reefs, but the sector is under pressure to clean upPius Ginting, Payal Sampat February 12, 2021 Tailings being loaded into a truck at a nickel mine in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. 220 million tonnes of hazardous mine waste is dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes each year (Image: Putu Artana / Alamy)The ocean waters surrounding eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea lie within
Nian gao is a sticky cake for sticky situations.BY JESS ENG, FEBRUARY 12, 2021The stickiness of nian gao is part of its power. JESSIE YUCHEN FOR GASTRO OBSCURADURING LUNAR NEW YEAR, A prosperous future belongs to those who eat their weight in luck. Diners slurp long noodles to ensure long lives and scarf down bone-in fish to swim to new fortunes. But the sweetest of these auspicious New Year dishes may be nian gao, a sticky
By Julie Bosman, February 21, 2021 “We knew that when the door opened, it was Larry walking in.” Larry Cummings liked to visit the Side Door Saloon after work on Mondays.Credit...Lyndon French for The New York TimesCHICAGO — A nation numbed by misery and loss is confronting a number that still has the power to shock: 500,000.Roughly one year since the first known death by the coronavirus in the United States, an unfathomable toll
