Phlegrean Fields is waking up. Scientists are trying to predict what it will do next, and what its unrest means for volcanoes worldwide.
- By Barbie Latza Nadeau on October 12, 2017
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In a Land of Quakes, Engineering a Future for a Church Made of Mud
High in the Andes Mountains, conservators are testing traditional methods for strengthening adobe buildings.
The bell tower of the church of Santiago Apóstol in Kuño Tambo, Peru. Built by the Spanish in 1681, it has been weakened by earthquakes, but traditional techniques are helping with its restoration. Credit Credit Angela Ponce for The New York Times.
Friends to the end? Social cues cause fish to delay survival tactic
Have some patience until someone takes the lead, and let’s sing some hakuna matata in the mean time.
Getting into trouble after succumbing to peer pressure isn’t just a human experience.
New research co-led by Brock University shows that a particular species of tropical, air-breathing fish that can survive for weeks on land will delay escaping from hot water if it thinks one of its peers is nearby.
Brock biologist Glenn Tattersall and Acadia University biologist Suzanne Currie studied the mangrove rivulus, a fish living in swamps from the southern U.S. to Brazil.