Brian Resnick, National Geographic Journalist Profile

Articles

In the evolutionary race, humans are running the distance

Nov 11, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Brian Resnick |Rick Pearson
Demystifying Private Credit

Sep 27, 2024 | advisorperspectives.com | Brian Resnick

What You Need to KnowA new wave of opportunity seems set to flow into private credit markets, which could enhance risk-adjusted returns and diversify portfolios. What’s driving this potential, and how should investors think about integrating private credit into their existing portfolios? We think it’s sensible to follow a set of concrete steps along the path from consideration to implementation.
“The dress” debate was the high-water mark for fun on the internet

Jun 3, 2024 | vox.com | Brian Resnick

If you were on the internet on February 26, 2015, you saw The Dress. Prompted by a comment on Tumblr, BuzzFeed writer Cates Holderness posted a simple low-quality image of a striped dress, with the headline “What Colors Are This Dress?” The answers: blue and black or white and gold. The URL: “help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue.”Do you really need me to tell you what happened next? In just a few days, the BuzzFeed post got 73 million page views, inspiring debate across the world.
The internet peaked with “the dress,” and then it unraveled

Jun 3, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Brian Resnick

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Your guide to 2024’s rare cicadapocalypse

May 6, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Brian Resnick

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Watch Sir David Attenborough seduce a cicada with the snap of his fingers

May 6, 2024 | vox.com | Brian Resnick |Benji Jones

In the coming weeks, billions of periodical cicadas will rise up from the ground across the midwestern and southeastern United States. As they do, they’ll sprout wings, mate, and die within a few weeks. If you live in an area where Brood XIII and Brood XIX cicadas are expected, you will not mistake their arrival. In addition to littering the ground with exoskeletons, in their frenzied quest for mates, cicadas make a ton of noise.
Cicadas 2024: Maps, explainers, updates about rare double brood event

May 6, 2024 | vox.com | Shira Tarlo |Brian Resnick |Benji Jones

Trillions of these noisy insects are set to take to the skies in the first double brood event in 221 years. Contributors: Brian Resnick and Benji Jones For the first time in 221 years, this spring will seebillions, if not trillions, of cicadas take to the skies in a rare synchronized event that will transform our ecosystems for years to come.
Is the Earth itself a giant living creature?

Apr 22, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Brian Resnick

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Is the Earth itself a living creature just like us?

Apr 22, 2024 | vox.com | Brian Resnick

In the 1970s, chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis put forth a bold theory: The Earth is a giant living organism. When a mammal is hot, it sweats to cool itself off. If you nick your skin with a knife, the skin will scab and heal. Lovelock and Margulis argued that our planet has similar processes of self-regulation, which arguably, make it seem like the Earth itself is alive. The idea wasn’t unprecedented in human history.
2024 Solar Eclipse: When is the next one? How often do they happen? - Vox

Apr 9, 2024 | vox.com | Brian Resnick

Don’t worry if you missed the 2024 eclipse. There will be more.