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In the spring of 1876, just before the centennial of the United States, the Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell patented an apparatus for “transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically … causing electrical undulations”. A century and a half later, there is an argument to be made that Bell’s device is one of the most transformative inventions in human history.Yet the 29-year-old Bell we meet in Sarah Marsh’s engaging first novel is a man whose passion for invention was very much secondary to his other great project:…

The 27th annual Great Backyard Bird Count started Friday morning, and throughout the weekend, bird enthusiasts across Canada will be looking to help biologists track bird movements this winter.While the effort put in by any individual can be minimal, as little as 15 minutes, the overall contribution of the event to science is huge, says Samantha Knight, Atlantic stewardship manager with Nature Conservancy of Canada."It takes a big community effort to gather the data needed to understand those population trends," said…

Film: The Marsh King`s DaughterCast: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Garrett Hedlund, Caren Pistorius, Brooklynn Prince, Gil Birmingham, Joey CarsonDirector: Neil BurgerRating: 2.5/5Runtime: 108 min. The Marsh King’s Daughter, is an intriguing story about the complexities in family, identity, and legacy based on the book of the same name by Karen Dionne, which was a #1 international bestseller. The script has been adapted by Elle Smith and Mark L. Smith from the novel. The story is entrancing and had enough potential…

A viral US left-wing ultraliberal account that was know for rage-baiting the right-wing, Erica Marsh, has been suspended on suspicions of being a fake account. In 2022, several left and right leaning fake profiles popped up on Twitter to make a quick buck…

‘You were good today, I’m proud of you,” Kym Marsh calls across the hotel room. Her 26-year-old daughter, Emilie Cunliffe, has arrived from rehearsals and they’re going out tonight. Marsh switches into mothering mode: “Do you want some dinner? Get some food.” The pair are starring in Greatest Days, a musical based around Take That songs – renamed from its 2017 version, The Band – which has just started touring the UK.Both Marshes play the lead character Rachel, who, as an adult, gets back in touch with her old mates to…

Along its 18,000 kilometers of coastline, China has been taken over by a green invader. Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) grows tall and thick across tidal mudflats, depriving endangered migratory birds of habitat, clogging shipping channels, and ruining clam farms. Now, China aims to beat back 90% of the weed by 2025. “This is a mammoth undertaking,” says Steven Pennings, a coastal ecologist at the University of Houston. “It’s audacious.” The nationwide…

The tidal North River winds through salt marshes in Scituate, Massachusetts. High tides here increased by more than a foot after the 1898 Portland Gale eroded a new inlet to the estuary. Credit: Rocky Geyer A team of researchers led by Brian Yellen, research professor of earth, geographic and climate sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently announced in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface…

Image: Disney AnimationThere’ve been so many revivals of old (and older) shows or films these days that it’s not a matter of if, but when something from your childhood gets dragged out of the attic to become part of a streaming service’s new banner. (Assuming it doesn’t get canned mid-production, anyways). And the next show to get a revival is none other Disney Channel’s Phineas Ferb.Revealed during the Television Critics Association winter tour earlier in the week, Disney gave a 40-episode order for a sequel series split…

Two satellite images of the Yangtze River Delta, taken by Landsat 7 in August 2000, left, and Landsat 9 in August 2022, right. The images show development in the area as well as changes in the salt marshes, which are impacted by climate and anthropogenic effects. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. According to a new NASA-led study, the world has lost 561 square…

SAN JOSE —  Standing on the edge of a repurposed marina, at the end of a long wooden walkway that harked back to more prosperous times, Brenda Buxton took in the disorienting landscape.Directly before her were the remnants of an industrialized, salt-encrusted pond that stretched for what felt like miles. Here along the southernmost edges of San Francisco Bay, the water glimmered a strange tinge of red. Its flatness belied the threat of rising seas.She scanned the horizon for signs of wildlife and envisioned the wetland…