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Jun. 1, 2021 , 12:45 PM The billions of periodical cicadas now crawling, fluttering, and singing from trees in the eastern United States have roused a throng of humans as well, who are mapping the insects and timing their emergence in what may be the country’s longest public science tradition. Using a free app called Cicada Safari, more than 150,000 people so far have uploaded geotagged photos of cicadas, helping scientists track their emergence after 13 to 17 years underground. The insects are an ideal target for science-inclined amateurs—unmissable and mysterious at the same time. “We just don’t know what’s going on in their life” underground, says Douglas Pfeiffer, an entomologist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. With just a handful of scientists trying to understand a natural event both massive and rare, aid from amateur scientists is invaluable. In recent years, community reports have caught the formation of new populations, helped study the link between emergence and air temperature, and traced how cicada populations respond to stressors.
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Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell tell the tale of Philly soul. Leon Huff, Thom Bell and Kenneth Gamble (from left) in Philadelphia in 1973. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. From scorching message songs to sexy ballads, laidback steppers to boogie joints, the catalog of Philadelphia International Records (PIR) is both unmistakably bold and warmly enticing. Spearheaded by the influential songwriting and production partnership of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, along with invaluable input from their colleague Thom Bell, a producer, arranger and musician, the label put out 15 Gold singles and 22 Gold albums, including eight Platinum LPs, during its 1970s and early ’80s heyday, and nurtured the careers of artists including Lou Rawls, Patti LaBelle, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and the O’Jays. Most important, and impressive, was how the label created a timeless signature sound — quite literally — that changed the trajectory of global popular music, from R&B to disco to hip-hop and DJ culture. As told by Gamble, Huff and Bell, all now spirited in their late 70s, this is the story of the Philadelphia sound, a.k.a. Philly soul.
The people and moments that influenced the university and nation Celebrated throughout February, Black History Month honors the achievements of Black Americans and recognizes their central role in U.S. history. How and when Black History Month originated is a lesson with ties to Michigan. Also known as African American History Month, the event dates back to February 1926 when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans designated the second week of February (to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass) as "Negro History Week." Fifty years later, former U.S. President and Michigan congressman Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month as a month-long opportunity to formally honor the accomplishments of Black Americans “in every area of endeavor throughout history.”
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