Science Update
Bob HirshonTimely science reporting, videos and quirk.
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Greta Thunberg vs Donald Trump Climate Change Models
While we can celebrate the fact that the Trump-endorsed “drill baby drill” RCP8.5 climate change model has been rejected, the Greta Thunberg-endorsed RCP2.6 model is also no longer likely.
Twelve years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on C...
The Man Who Mistook a Large Rattlesnake for a Bug
Expert taxonomists tell me that this is not a species of cicada. (Credit: Bob Hirshon)
Today (July 16th) is World Snake Day, so why not start today’s newsletter with my favorite and only personal snake story– a story that could only have h...
A Mighty Mountain Mouse, Tackling IBD With a Virus, and the Launch of Robo-Puffin
High altitude champion, the Andean Leaf-Eared Mouse, that survives at altitudes of over four miles (Credit: Marcial Quiroga-Carmona).
King of the Mountain (Science)
The Andean leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis vaccarum) is the undisputed ki...
Killing USAID Artisanal Gold Mining Project was Pure Idiocy...
Remember when former Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt waved a sheet of paper with a damning list of disgusting, wasteful projects that DOGE had eliminated?
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Trump Buries Congressionally Approved National Park funds
Congressionally approved funds for over 1400 National Park Service projects, including those at Grand Teton National Park, above, have been withheld by the Trump administration and may never be disbursed (NPS Photo/J. Bonney).
Once the Ref...
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Veteran DC-area science reporter with insatiable curiosity who knows all the scientists. Formerly at American Association for the Advancement of Science. Peabody Award winner! Frequently dreams of fish.
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