It’s hard out there on Planet Earth for everyone, even birds. In 2014, The Washington Post published an article called “Stop blaming cats: As many as 988 million birds die annually in window collisions.” The general gist of the article isn’t too hard to glean from the title. Basically, collisions with glass windows kill a whole lot […] More
Climate Change is Already Impacting Birds’ Migration Patterns According to a study published yesterday in Nature, climate change has already affected the migration patterns of some birds. Bird migration relies on photoperiod, which is the amount of daylight present. What researchers observed was that while most of the 48 species of birds kept pace with the […] More
Meet Leucochloridium paradoxum, a parasite better known as the “zombie snail” worm. This colorful little guy gets into snails, takes control of it, mimics a caterpillar or maggot, and directs the snail to an exposed area so that a bird will eat it. Yes, this is really a real thing. As biologist Mike Inouye tweeted […] More
Netflix has a new compelling and urgent documentary series called “Our Planet”. It’s filled with beautiful visuals, amazing cinematography, and a desperate message that highlights the impact of humans on our surrounding ecosystems. Articles have been circulating that showcase the anxiety people feel while watching the series. It has even undergone criticism for it’s graphic and […] More
Trump is known for his rambling, nonsensical diatribes peppered with phrases such as “the best” or believe me”, and even the occasional “bigly.” At this point of his presidency, I’m not sure how he continues to turn the crazy past 11, but somehow he manages to do it. Of course, this occurred on Fox News, […] More
It’s a strange phenomenon – I’ve noticed that Christian apologists generally have a worse understanding of the Bible than atheists. It’s full of horrible stories that counter the notion that the Christian version of god is all-knowing and all-powerful. If God knew that humans were going to screw up being human so badly, why didn’t […] More
You read the headline correctly: using modern-day birds and turtles, along with a bit of math, scientists at Kent University recreated the DNA structure of dinosaurs that lived millions and millions of years ago. In a study published in Nature, the team of scientists explained how they used the closest modern-day relatives of dinosaurs, which […] More
Scott Pruitt, the oversized Keebler Elf who was the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for some reason, has resigned due to his superfluous scandals. And they weren’t even good scandals. If you’re going to do some shady shit, do some shady shit. Don’t be like Scott Pruitt, who couldn’t even commit to being shady. […] More
After months of scandal after scandal, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has resigned. As you likely know, Scott Pruitt is a climate change denier who directly oversaw efforts to erase climate change data from the EPA’s own website. Despite that, some traces still persist, as I pointed out in a blog […] More
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Donald Trump thanked summer break for playing a pivotal role in stopping the carnage of school shootings happening on an almost weekly basis in the United States. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders explained what this meant in a press conference on Friday: We’ve all looked at the numbers, and […] More
Bacteria-Eating Amoeba Effective Against Antibiotic-Resistant Biofilms Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Biofilms are an ingenious evolutionary creation, but one that gives us humans a lot of trouble in fighting bacteria. Film Development Originally, there was no real need for bacteria to clump together in […] More
Genetically Modified Egg-Less Hens Used For Rare Bird Breeding Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Just because new techniques and technologies are developed doesn’t mean the oldies aren’t still as useful as they were before. Today’s topic is related to the topic of de-extinction, in […] More
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