The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Meet a Great Dad From the Animal World: The Poison Frog | | Poison frog dads often take the lead on raising their young, says Kyle Summers, an ecologist at East Carolina University. One species, known as the mimic poison frog, is the only known example of monogamy in amphibians, and Mom and Dad raise the tadpoles together. | | |
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| How to See Five Planets All in a Row, in the Early Dawn Sky | | It's rare to see a lineup of all five of the planets visible to us with the naked eye. June is your chance to catch this striking planetary arc in the sky. | | |
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| See Photos of This Week's Strawberry Supermoon From Around the World | | The Strawberry supermoon rose over fields, buildings and wild landscapes around the globe. Here's a sampling of photos. | | |
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| DEEP LOOK: This Giant Plant Looks Like Raw Meat and Smells Like Dead Rat | | The corpse flower opens when it’s warm, and its survival strategy is based on deception. It’s not a flower and it’s not a rotting dead animal, but it mimics both. The specimen at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco is expected to bloom any time. Learn more about the corpse flower in this Deep Look episode. | | |
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| Federal Firefighters Are Waiting for Pay Raises They Hope Will Help Fill Their Ranks | | While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country. | | |
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| Tell Us: What's Your Vision for Reparations in California? | | KQED has been covering what reparations could mean for California. Now we want to hear from you. | | |
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| This newsletter will be on pause next Friday, June 24 and will resume on July 1, 2022. | | |
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