Month: December 2021
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
Year End Fire Watch
“Be careful with fire!” is the call heard throughout Tokyo neighborhoods on the last two evenings of the year.
December 30, 2021Weddell Seal Pups
This month, Weddell seals are giving birth to their young and starting to give swimming lessons.
December 29, 2021Wintering Elk
Elk have to race against time for food between their mating season and the onset of winter.
December 28, 2021Caribou and Lichen
In the winter, caribou paw the ground to get at their favorite dish, lichens.
December 27, 2021Kwanzaa Traditions
This week, millions of people around the world celebrate Kwanzaa, a relatively new holiday with roots in the ancient harvest festivals of Africa.
December 24, 2021Christmas Bonfires
Along the banks of the Mississippi River, a line of Bonfires lights the way for Papa Noel.
December 23, 2021Wassail Night
An ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition called “Wassail” lives on in Pennsylvania, where a group of friends celebrate this week by drinking to the health of apple trees.
December 22, 2021Quantum Computers
How to understand Quantum Computers? Think waves.
December 21, 2021Dark Energy
Could Dark Energy be used as a power source?
December 20, 2021Why is There Mass?
Why should things have substance? Quantum Physics now has the answer.
December 17, 2021Making a Better Box
Rethinking what that gift you’re giving comes in.
December 16, 2021Planes, Trains and Trucks
If you want to design effective packaging, you’d better know how it’ll stand up to being transported.
December 15, 2021The Alarm Heard Round the World
Is there a universal language of alarm calls?
December 14, 2021Early Warning System
Birds “mobbing calls” make it easy for all the animals in a locale to know when a predator is nearby.
December 13, 2021Masquerade at Your Doorstep
Jonkonnu revelers sing and dance through neighborhoods, visiting homes where their pageantry might be favored with a gift of money.
December 10, 2021Higgs Boson Particle
Take “The Force” from Stars Wars and add a little molasses.
December 9, 2021Battery of the Future
What’s the battery of future going to be like? Well perhaps – a cookie!
December 8, 2021Tourists Meet Bees
In Mexico, a successful project brings together volunteers and local beekeepers.
December 7, 2021Promotoras
Lessons learned from the people of Tijuana.
December 6, 2021Volunteer Tourism
It’s an important economic and cultural resource in many countries.
December 3, 2021Kids Science Destinations
Turning a museum into a Scavenger Hunt.
December 2, 2021Taiwan
Home of the largest pendulum on the planet.
December 1, 2021MIT
OK, who put that bus on top of the library building?