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On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later and Sleep Less, Study Shows

By James Urton | University of Washington on Feb 13, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

On Nights Before a Full Moon, People Go to Bed Later and Sleep Less, Study Shows

For centuries, humans have blamed the moon for our moods, accidents and even natural disasters. But new research indicates that our planet’s celestial companion impacts something else entirely — our sleep. In a paper published Jan. 27 in Science Advances, scientists at the University of Washington, the National University of Quilmes in Argentina and Yale University report […]

New DNA-based Technique Allows Researchers to Determine Age of Living Beluga Whales in Alaska

By Michelle Klampe | Oregon State University on Feb 4, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

New DNA-based Technique Allows Researchers to Determine Age of Living Beluga Whales in Alaska

NEWPORT, Ore. – Researchers can now determine the age and sex of living beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook Inlet thanks to a new DNA-based technique that uses information from small samples of skin tissue. Accurate age estimates are vital to conservation efforts for Cook Inlet belugas, which were listed as endangered following a significant population decline in […]

NOAA Fisheries to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals

By NOAA-Alaska Regional Office on Feb 1, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

NOAA Fisheries to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals

NOAA Fisheries will hold three public hearings on proposed rules to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population segment of bearded seals under the Endangered Species Act.  NOAA Fisheries opened a 60-day public comment period on the proposed rules when they were published in […]

There’s Lots of Water in the World’s Most Explosive Volcano

By Talia Ogliore | UWSL on Jan 25, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

There’s Lots of Water in the World’s Most Explosive Volcano

There isn’t much in Kamchatka, a remote peninsula in northeastern Russia just across the Bering Sea from Alaska, besides an impressive population of brown bears and the most explosive volcano in the world. Kamchatka’s Shiveluch volcano has had more than 40 violent eruptions over the last 10,000 years. The last gigantic blast occurred in 1964, […]

Today’s Democracy Isn’t Exactly What Wealthy US Founding Fathers Envisioned

By Dora Mekouar | VOA on Jan 24, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

Today’s Democracy Isn’t Exactly What Wealthy US Founding Fathers Envisioned

America’s Founding Fathers were among the wealthiest people in the Colonies when they drafted and signed the Constitution, and that’s pretty much who they expected to continue to guide the young nation.   “It was never meant to be a sort of direct democracy, where all Americans would get to cast a ballot on all issues,” says Andrew […]

Did English Puritans Commit Genocide in New England?

By Cecily Hilleary | VOA News on Jan 23, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

Did English Puritans Commit Genocide in New England?

WASHINGTON – Sometime before dawn on May 27, 1637, English militia from Massachusetts and Connecticut, backed by several hundred Narragansett and Mohegan allies, launched a surprise attack on the fortified Pequot village of Mystic, one of about 20 Pequot tribal villages in southeastern Connecticut. By now, Plymouth Colony, established by the Pilgrims in 1620, was a […]

GCI donates $20,000 to Alaska Pacific University with Donovan Walsh Scholarship

By Josh Edge | GCI on Jan 18, 2021   Featured, General News, Science/Education  

GCI donates $20,000 to Alaska Pacific University with Donovan Walsh Scholarship

APU to award scholarships to students based on need ANCHORAGE, Alaska— In an academic year wrought with challenges and change, GCI is providing an extra boost to students through a $20,000 donation to Alaska Pacific University in honor of Donovan Walsh, an Alaskan who suddenly passed away in late August 2020. Donovan was the son […]

Giant Storms, Big Waves and Chilly Winds

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jan 8, 2021   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Giant Storms, Big Waves and Chilly Winds

Alaska went big on New Year’s. First, on New Year’s Eve 2020, a superstorm spun its way through the North Pacific Ocean and into the Aleutian Islands. The twirling mass of gases surrounding Earth was more than 5,000 miles wide, its boundaries stretching from northern Japan to middle Alaska. That’s about 10 times the width […]

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

By NOAA-Alaska Regional Office on Jan 7, 2021   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

A bearded seal rests on ice in the Bering Sea. NOAA/Cameron NOAA Fisheries is proposing to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population of bearded seals. Both species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The ESA requires that NOAA […]

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