In 1982, former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was freed after spending 11 months under house arrest. Actor John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a Hollywood hotel. Barney Clark became the first American to receive an artificial heart. And 68 Rhode Islanders set out on a five-year quest to document every breeding bird in the state. Now, over three decades later, another group will attempt to […]
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No Comments There are roughly 800 dams still in existence in the tiny state of Rhode Island, some of which date back to the colonial era. Read about the work being done to restore the rivers they stopped to their original state in a story that I wrote for 41°N magazine, a publication of Rhode Island Sea Grant and the Coastal Institute at the University of Rhode Island. remove_all_obstructions_2015
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No Comments Here’s the thing: you have five minutes to explain all you can about a project you’ve been working on for years. And you’re going to do it in front of a live audience. Ready? Go. If this sounds like a panic attack-inducing dream, you may not have done so well at URI’s recent Science Café. Fortunately the baker’s dozen presenters, all post-graduate students, did not panic as they spent 90 […]
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“This guy walks into a bar and sees two people in a corner carving wood…” No, this isn’t the opening to a joke. It’s a bit of biography concerning one of the many carvers who will be putting in an appearance this weekend at Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Bird and Wildlife Carving Exposition in Bristol. The two day event features 17 artists from around New England and New York […]
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You DO realize SaNfaP is on Facebook, don’t you? Hit the “like” button here. It’s dinner time, and there are two food sources in your fridge. One has spent its life eating salads. The other has grown up scavenging rotting fish and, well, feces. Choosing dinner would be simple, wouldn’t it? Except for one minor complication: the dish that holds the scavenger contains lobster. And the one holding the […]
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Follow Science and Nature for a Pie on Facebook here. Some feed on insects, others on mice. Still others dine on ducks, and a very few are capable of making off with Pepe the Chihuahua. Some have a punch that packs a wallop, and most could spot a vole a hundred yards away. What they all have in common is that they are all raptors, and they all came to […]
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Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a house in the forest. There was a great big father bear, a middle-sized mother bear and a tiny baby bear. One morning, their breakfast porridge was too hot to eat, so they decided to go for a walk in the forest. While they were out, a little girl called Goldilocks came through the trees and found their house. […]
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What do George Washington, a 2300-year-old Hellenistic port, and bird bones have in common? Find the answer by clicking on this link to my story in URI’s Momentum: Research & Innovation magazine. Archeology
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Note: Last time, we looked at the increasing coyote population and a study that is currently underway to determine their habits as a way of controlling them. This is the second of two stories in the series. “All of a sudden my dog stopped and when I looked behind me, there was a coyote larger than a German shepherd.” A woman is being interviewed on a local TV station after […]
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No Comments Note: This is part one of a two-part story. In 1996, the bay froze and the coyotes came. No one knows exactly why. The winter was harsh, like the one just past. Food was tough to come by, and perhaps the signs were promising that on Aquidneck Island, or maybe Conanicut Island, life would be easier. Anyway, they came. And that was when the trouble began. Sometime later, […]
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