String, Twine — IRafkuruaq, IRafkungcuk, WiRufkuruaq IRafkuruanek initalitallriit. – They used string to make clothesline. String games like cats cradle are a popular pastime around the globe. From Australia to Asia, Africa, North America, and the high Arctic, people have long used a simple loop of string and their fingers to make designs. The function […]
A Fairbanks biologist recently cupped in his hand a tiny bird whose arrival he had been rooting for. That bird — a female Hammond’s flycatcher — now holds the title of the oldest known of its species. A few days ago, Robert Snowden of the Alaska Songbird Institute in Fairbanks felt his heart beat a […]
Corridors that allow animals to move to more hospitable landscapes are essential to their survival in a changing climate, according to a new paper published this week in the journal Science. To arrive at that conclusion, researchers combined Indigenous and Western scientific methods — including ancient DNA and stable isotope analysis — to examine a […]
“If a retailer as big as Walmart can’t escape the pain of tariffs, what chance does a small business have?” wrote the Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Democratic lawmakers and other voices are highlighting a Thursday announcement from Walmart that the world’s largest retailer will have to raise prices on some items in response to […]