Monday, February 21, 2022

FINE Things 63

How lizards shed their tails. (Video and text) [link]
 
Do birds have "culture"? Find out by viewing this webinar. [link]

The calorie counter. Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer busts myths about how humans burn calories-and why.
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February 22, 2022: A Twos Day on a Tuesday. The date, when written in the m-dd-yy format, consists only of twos: 2-22-22. It also falls on a Tuesday! From:
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How warp-speed evolution is transforming ecology. Darwin thought evolution was too slow to change the environment on observable timescales. Ecologists are discovering that he was wrong.
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From Linda: A parasitic wasp unmasked: one species is actually 16 species.
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What drives sea level rise? US report warns of 1-foot rise within three decades and more frequent flooding. A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts. [link]

How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat. The Biden administration is moving to revive mercury limits for coal-fired power plants. A scientist explains mercury's health risks and the role power plants play. [link]