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2 weeks ago | 
smithsonianmag.com | Joseph Stromberg |Joe Spring
Scientists are working hard to discover the factors that drive the blood-sucking insects to target certain individuals You come in from a summer hike covered with itchy red mosquito bites, only to have your friends innocently proclaim that they don’t have any. Or you wake up from a night of camping to find your ankles and wrists aflame with bites, while your tentmates are unscathed. You’re not alone.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Adam Higginbotham |Daniel Lewis |Joe Spring |Dan Falk
Smart News | From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this year This year, millions of viewers looked to the sky during a momentous day in April to view a stunning total solar eclipse. During select nights throughout the year, they gazed at spectacular auroras. As record heat spread over our planet again this year, Atlantic hurricanes fueled by warm waters hit the United States hard.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Rachel Nuwer |Joe Spring
Mr. Safina, a local guide working at Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, took a particular relish in describing to Smithsonian magazine reporter Rachel Nuwer the way a Komodo dragon’s strong jaws can snap a man’s leg in two.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Hannah Waters |Emily Frost |Joe Spring
By the time the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) finished an expedition off the coast of Chile earlier this year, its scientists had amassed a slew of amazing deep-sea discoveries. During the cruise, researchers sent an underwater robot capable of descending more than 14,000 feet below the surface to collect video footage and specimens from seamounts. After analyzing what they had gathered, the international team revealed they had likely found more than 100 new species.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
msn.com | Joe Spring
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Joe Spring
The stories on artificial intelligence’s improving ability to predict extreme weather often begin with powerful hurricanes. As Scientific American detailed this year, when Hurricane Lee was moving through the Atlantic Ocean last September, scientists using traditional weather models got a clear idea of where the hurricane would go just six days ahead of its Canadian landfall. Nine days before landfall, an experimental A.I. modeling system called GraphCast predicted that outcome. As William J.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Joe Spring
Technology5 hours agoI tried Google’s new one-click AI podcast creator, and now I don’t know what’s real anymoretechradar.com - By Graham Barlow • 5hI’ve had a glimpse of how AI will change the world, and it’s filling me with both fear and wonder in equal measure.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Joe Spring
Well before ornithologist Lucas Berrigan embraced technology to find out where birds travel around the world, he started bird-watching around his home. At around 10 years old, anytime he heard a new call in Nova Scotia, he’d search out the bird. At 14, he went to a remote station on Bon Portage Island, just off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia, to learn how to band birds. At 15, he was hired for a seasonal job on the island conducting a bird census route each morning and banding the animals.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
smithsonianmag.com | Joe Spring
Thanks to a time stamp, Thorben Danke knows the exact moment he got hooked on photographing insects. On July 22, 2016, at 6:05 p.m. he happened to see a green bottle fly sitting near him on his garage wall. Danke had been playing around with the settings on his pricy new digital camera, learning how to focus on closer subjects. He snapped a photo of the fly, and when he looked at the shot on his computer, he was amazed.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
fuckingyoung.es | Joe Spring
JOE CHIA presented its Spring/Summer 2025 “Chapter 24” collection during Paris Fashion Week. The collection strikes a perfect balance between heritage and modern sensibilities. Imagine the finest knitted linen, supple lambskin leather, and luxurious silk, all woven together to create pieces that are effortlessly versatile. Each garment is designed to stand out on its own, yet seamlessly integrate into a cohesive look. Check it out below:
