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Helping a Still Life Come Alive

Academy of Natural Sciences

A Renaissance still life offers so much more than first meets the eye, especially when a blossoming bouquet is the focal point. A perfect example is the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Still Life with Flowers in a Vase , a 1617 painting by Flemish-born Dutch painter Christoffel van den Berghe. 1590 – c. 1590 – c.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

Thanks largely to the Clean Air Act, new passenger vehicles are 98 to 99 percent cleaner than they were 60 years ago when it comes to most tailpipe pollutants, including hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and fine particulate matter. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us. Yes, premature death.

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A Daughter’s Story: White Supremacy and the Poor People’s Campaign

Union of Concerned Scientists

Those of us who are sick about this, are sick of this, who cannot stand by while our brothers and sisters are slaughtered, need to come together. We need a way of understanding white supremacy as an ever emboldened and central fact of our country’s political life. Charlottesville. Pittsburgh. Charleston. Bishop William J.

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Here Comes the Hatchetfish

Ocean Conservancy

Perhaps hatchetfish are surprised to still be alive in the tough conditions challenging the deep sea? In the top zone of the sea, where there is still some sunlight, many predators hunt by looking above for the silhouettes of these fish. This light also helps to camouflage the hatchetfish at deeper depths with no sunlight.

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Embrace Winter and Explore Philly’s Nature

Academy of Natural Sciences

The snow and ice of winter can be enough to keep the boldest naturalist indoors and watching David Attenborough documentaries with a mug of hot chocolate in hand — but bundle up, because there’s still a lot to take in outside. Tree guidebooks always include features to help you identify trees in winter.

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Chesapeake Bay Journal - Doc Fritchey Chapter Trout Unlimited’s Limestone Dosing Keeps Fish Habitat Livable For 36 Years

PA Environment Daily

The now-alkaline water counteracts the lingering mine pollution and enables trout and other aquatic life to survive in the gorgeous wild stream for about 20 miles, until it joins the Susquehanna River above Harrisburg. This helps all wildlife, not just trout.” From there, gravity and physics take over and do a remarkable thing.

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Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes

PA Environment Daily

Together, they diligently represent the Keepers by sharing information about Tacony Creek Park with the wider Philadelphia community at events, and helping out at clean-ups in the park. She has also been instrumental in distributing surveys to Academy students, which was incredibly helpful. Learning Trail Seek & Funds, their all.

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