States of Life

05/02/2020

“In many ways it feels like an encounter with something from prehistory—a giant from the past swimming towards a very uncertain future in today’s oceans.”

“In many ways it feels like an encounter with something from prehistory—a giant from the past swimming towards a very uncertain future in today’s oceans.” Whale sharks are a species under threat. N…

02/22/2020

We caught up with Canadian filmmaker and diver Jill Heinerth, an explorer who's traveled to the far reaches of our planet to tell impactful stories about the global climate crisis.

More people have walked on the Moon than have been to some of the places that veteran Canadian explorer, diver and filmmaker Jill Heinerth has visited. Heinerth has always been drawn to the unknown…

09/29/2019

“We are fighting time and chemistry here and we are looking for ways to best preserve those pieces intact,” said National Air and Space Conservator Lisa Young, who was part of a small team of conservators that helped save Neil Armstrong's iconic . Young studied the collection's suits in the 90s, uncovering age-related decay that led to the 13-year preservation effort. Link in bio. @ National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

08/25/2019

OCEAN MEMORIES: Thirty percent of the world's oceans need to be protected by 2030, according to the IUCN. Musicians Terje Isungset, Aashild Brunvoll, Maria Dahlin and Andreas Hatzikiriakidis came together in the Svalbard Islands to raise awareness about the global climate crisis in partnership with Greenpeace. The effort is part of the Global Oceans Treaty that's currently under negotiation at the United Nations. Link in bio to full story. Photo © Denis Sinyakov / Greenpeace

TEMPELFJORDEN, Norway — “It is impossible to copy or replace nature. We do need nature. Nature does not need us.” Those are the words of longtime Norwegian musician Terje Isungset, who recently led…

07/20/2019

Here's a roundup of our favorite media coverage leading up to today's 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar mission:

20 July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 lunar mission that put astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, while astronaut Michael Collins oversaw the …

01/20/2019

Benjamin Vidmar of Polar Permaculture was first interested in sustainable farming two decades ago, and for the last three years the former overnight baker and chef from Cleveland has looked to bring farming to Longyearbyen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.

Polar Permaculture looks to restructure, establish core management team Benjamin Vidmar was first interested in permaculture nearly two decades ago, and for the last three years the former overnigh…

01/20/2019

“You looked at this thing and you knew it was going to go some place good.”

“You looked at this thing and you knew it was going to go some place good.” Those are the words of a Royal Canadian Geological Society fellow on the inaugural expedition to what may be a new chapt…

11/03/2018

See how new research is changing the discussion of early .

"Instead they seem to have often spent long periods of time in to each other. Instead of a tree, our (ancestral atlas) would have looked more like a dynamic wheel, with the spokes connecting different sub-populations of the overall metapopulation at different times,” said Dr. Elanor Scerri, at Oxford University.

Researchers say humankind development should be viewed as mosaic-like across African continent. OXFORD, Eng. – A team of international researchers now argue for a rewriting of early human evo…

09/29/2018

“I realized that what I had in front of me were small fragments of the oldest bread in the world."

The uncovering of a ‘flatbread’ baked by early hunter-gatherers in northeastern Jordan is reorganizing the order of civilization’s agricultural timeline. Earliest known bread remains were previousl…

07/17/2018

We caught up with two lead astronomers studying 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object observed to enter our solar system that was found last October. Recent data now suggests the object is a comet and not an asteroid, and is expected to break free of the Sun's gravity and continue its wayfaring journey.

Researchers studying the first observed interstellar object that entered our solar system in October 2017 say the object is a comet, after previously being labeled an asteroid. ‘Oumuamua, a name th…

06/17/2018

To celebrate the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, we’ve compiled some of the most intriguing and visually stunning football pitches from around the world. From high above sea level nestled in the Swiss Alps to the world’s largest floating field in Singapore, take a look at some of the most intriguing pitches and their accompanying vistas. Game on!

To celebrate the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, we’ve compiled some of the most intriguing and visually stunning football pitches from around the world. From high above sea level nestl…

06/16/2018

"It’s an exciting time – the more we look, the more we find; as technology advances, we can ask different and more challenging questions."

We caught up for a Q&A with Dr. David C. Thomas regarding his work studying ancient civilizations in Afghanistan from fieldwork to satellite remote imaging.

Dr. David C. Thomas is an honorary research associate with the Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University in Victoria, Australia. Between 2003 to 2007, Thomas assessed sites at th…