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A Bird’s-Eye View Of Color
Birds don’t see the world quite the way we do. How does that shape the colors—both spectacular and drab—of our feathered friends?
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Bridging The Digital Divide In Texas’ Wide-Open Spaces
High-speed internet access is becoming a necessity of modern life, but connecting over a million rural Texans is a challenge.
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Practice Makes Perfect: How Birds Learn To Sing
What do a song bird and a toddler have in common? The way they learn to vocalize.
Cocktail Chemistry Quest in New York City
On October 9th in NYC, we’re brewing up trouble at Littlefield with a chance to taste and learn about the science behind spirits.
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Your Language Is Changing, Because Internet
An internet linguist explores how online communication has changed the way we write.
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Into The Woods—For Birds!
Wherever you go this vacation season, there are bound to be birds. How beginner birders can find, identify, and appreciate them.
Studying Language In The Age Of The Internet
In this excerpt from 'Because Internet,' Gretchen McCulloch explains why the internet age is a golden one for linguists.
Book Club: ‘The Genius Of Birds’
Birds of a feather read together. Swoop into 'The Genius of Birds' by Jennifer Ackerman.
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Our Ancient Obsession With Capturing the Moon
For millennia, humans have been trying to see the moon, capture its craters, and imagine what it could be like up there.
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Preserving—And Telling—Space History
You know the iconic stories of space flight. But new stories may still be waiting to be found in archives and museum collections.