Arkansas, Tennessee and Utah are the first states to enact laws that require public schools to teach children as young as 5 the basics of gun safety and how to properly store guns in the home. Only Utah’s law allows students to opt out of the lesson if requested by parents or guardians. From NBC Tennessee …
Author: Sea Run
Mountain Whitefish
The current official all-tackle world record for a mountain whitefish is 5 pounds, 8 ounces, caught by Albert Woo from the Elbow River near Calgary, Alberta, in 1995; however, in late 2021, Alex Dietz caught a larger 5-pound, 12-ounce fish in Oregon’s Deschutes River, which broke the state record and was submitted to the IGFA as a potential world record, though …
H Is for Hawk (film) and Andor
H is for Hawk follows Helen (Claire Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Brendan Gleeson), loses herself in the memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together and turns the ancient art of falconry—rooted in European tradition—training a wild goshawk named Mabel to navigate her profound loss. But as …
Borzoi Story
Until 1936, and outside of Russia, the Borzoi was known as the Russian Wolfhound, but the change to “Borzoi” wasn’t without turmoil. All through the 20’s and 30’s, fanciers debated that very issue. Those in the “con” camp argued that while Borzoi is the Russian word for “swift,” it was just one quality of …
Wren in 3d Space
More on his channel. I am not sure any science is involved but it is interesting. I like this one on Meta. The tree pipit is truly one of my most beloved birds and I’m doing an extensive study on its song. Can’t wait for next spring to come, to be back in the mountains …
Chips
7 million views in 2 days I am not sure how it got this many views. The popular Veritasium channel has videos about science, education, and other interesting topics. Worth watching as this is the world now. It spins on tech like this. 98 % of the current stock market rise is tied to speculation on …
Channelling Escher
In the lands of Saint-Vallier, the geese Oil on canvas 36 x 36 inches. #raynaldleclercpainting Too bad, he then decided to beat the theme to death. A common thing among artists.
Really what could go wrong?
Meta version. More We used to do that when we were kids with poplar trees. climb up them as high as we could, and then have them bend over and drop it to the ground. We used to call it parachuting. I’ll tell you what can go wrong you can fall when it snaps and …
New study challenges the idea of humans as innately nature-loving
“Research has long assumed that people fundamentally feel positive emotions toward nature. We have examined the opposite, that is, when there is a negative relationship with nature, and gathered knowledge about how it arises, what consequences it has, and how it can be reversed,” says Johan Kjellberg Jensen, researcher at Lund University and lead …
Turtle Island
I didn’t find the video off Meta. Interesting. I wonder if this is the source of turtle island that the Native Americans reference. I saw this on the newsstand but can’t remember if it is a new thing. I think I saw it in the science news years back.