Rebekah White

2 weeks ago | science.org | Christie Wilcox |Sarah Crespi |Rebekah White

Today’s Deep Dive delves into how human conflict intersects with ecology. But first, catch up on the latest science news, including the remarkable thing a microbe does under pressure and an unexpected regulator of pain. Anthropology  |  News from Science ‘Uniquely human’ language capacity found in bonobos Humans can combine words to create new meanings—an ability that gives language its expressive power and sets it apart from the communication of other animals.

3 weeks ago | science.org | Rebekah White

When Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, mayor of Alameda, California, scrolled through The New York Times on a Saturday morning in April 2024, a story about a controversial experiment caught her eye. Researchers from Washington state were trialing a machine that looked like a big snow cannon, which they hoped could one day be used to brighten clouds to reflect more of the Sun’s rays. They’d been spraying tiny salt particles into the air over the San Francisco Bay.

3 weeks ago | science.org | Sarah Crespi |Rebekah White

First up on the podcast, climate engineers face tough conversations with the public when proposing plans to test new technologies. Freelance science journalist Rebekah White joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss the questions people have about these experiments and how researchers can get collaboration and buy-in for testing ideas such as changing the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight or altering the ocean to suck up more carbon dioxide.

Nov 21, 2024 | mdpi.com | Rebekah White |Michael Kluger |David Iannitti |Malcolm M. Bilimoria

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Sep 17, 2024 | theguardian.com | Rebekah White

In the mid-1970s, seabird researcher Rob Barrett set out in a rubber boat to survey one of Norway’s largest seabird colonies. Equipped with a camera and a pair of binoculars, he planned to photograph the Syltefjord colony, in the far north of the country, then, back on land, develop the photos and fit them together to create a panorama. After that, he would count the birds. As the boat drew closer to the cliffs, the gulls’ chattering increased to an overwhelming level. So did the smell.