As he tried to hurry and turn the filter off, he told a Texas judge, I m here live, I m not a cat! See for yourself in the video above. Alligator lizards are probably the single best lizard to have in your yard here in Southern California, said Greg Pauly at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. It s a native lizard, and they eat just about every garden pest you can think of: snails, slugs, crickets, grasshoppers, they ll even eat brown and black widow spiders.
Pauly said in recent years they have more than 500 documented instances of the mating of Southern Alligator Lizards. Pauly said they tend to mate more often during wet seasons, and mating season typically begins in mid-February.
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Science-themed discussion + a virtual DJ lounge
Pondering some of our most prominent and consistent #fridayfeelings, even in a world that has changed a lot over the course of eleven eventful months?
We want our Fridays to still be full, and even a little festive, and if that means some excellent music, or some riveting conversation, or a combination of the two, even better.
But finding such mood-lifting, mind-broadening social moments in our stay-at-home spheres can be, for sure, challenging.
For the institution is bringing back its popular, first-half-of-the-year series First Fridays, in a virtual format.
Powder XRD Applications in Marine Mineralogy Research
Sponsored by ProtoFeb 2 2021
Some of the methods commonly used to track climate change and ocean acidification have significant disadvantages despite the phenomena being subjects of study for decades.
For example, scientists are at the mercy of computational models when measuring the acidity of large portions of the ocean instead of just small water samples; these models can contain their own variables and assumptions.
Image Credit: Jacki Moonves
Seawater has an average pH of 8.2, meaning it is normally close to neutral but slightly basic. However, the water can be made more acidic because of dissolved CO
Grocery Store Stories
Huell meets two nice ladies at his local grocery store and sees where the story takes him. Hint, think pawn shop and neon! Read more Visiting with Huell Howser
Indigenous futurism. Narrative medicine. Cyberpunk and digital dystopias. Soil contamination. Environmentally sustainable mega-cities.
These and other topics will be explored in “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” in 2024. The Getty Foundation announced Wednesday the 45 Southern California cultural and educational institutions that will collectively receive more than $5 million in exhibition research grants. “Pacific Standard Time: Art x Science x L.A.” will include dozens of concurrent exhibitions as well as performances, publications and other programming, all exploring the intersection of art and science.
The funding comes at a critical time when most of these cultural institutions have been closed for 10 months, resulting in unprecedented financial challenges. In November, the American Alliance of Museums released a survey reporting that nearly a third of museums in the U.S. were concerned about permanent closure within 12 months should they not receive addit