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Award Winning Images Capture the Goofiness of the Animal Kingdom

The overall winning entry, snapped by Tibor Kercz, consists of a series of four images depicting three little owls. In the first photo, two of the owls sit on a branch while the third scrambles desperately to climb on. In the second image, the owl has managed to join its buddies on the branch. But then it starts to fall. By the fourth photo, the owl is off the branch again, hanging on by a single foot. It is perhaps an apt metaphor for human existence; the floundering owl is all of us.

Understanding Antarctica Through 3D-Printed Glacier Replicas

Understanding Antarctica Through 3D-Printed Glacier Replicas

Understanding Antarctica Through 3D-Printed Glacier Replicas Using 3-D imaging, Helen Glazer brings the southernmost continent indoors.

'No More Climate Tweets': Zinke Scolds Head of National Park for Tweeting About Scientific Reality

Interior Secretary sends message that under the Trump administration sending out content that conveys scientific consensus of climate change is a no-no

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/15/no-more-climate-tweets-zinke-scolds-head-national-park-tweeting-about-scientific

After California's most destructive fire season, a debate over where to rebuild homes

After California's most destructive fire season, a debate over where to ... Doug Smith With the frequency and cost of catastrophic wildfires climbing in California, some experts say it doesn't make s...

Light-Triggered Genes Reveal the Hidden Workings of Memory

NEUROSCIENCE

Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa’s lab is overturning old assumptions about how memories form, how recall works and whether lost memories might be restored from "silent engrams."

https://www.quantamagazine.org/light-triggered-genes-reveal-the-hidden-workings-of-memory-20171214?=1

Historians Uncover Evidence Stonehenge Once Prominent Druid Make-Out Spot

Historians Uncover Evidence Stonehenge Once Prominent Druid Make-Out Spot Ryan Shattuck CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Contradicting previous theories as to the purpose of the iconic monument, historians at the U...