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‘SoFi,’ a soft robotic fish developed by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to independently swim alongside real fish in the ocean. (MIT CSAIL)
Nature Greg CookMarch 23, 2018 0

Fish, Meet Your New MIT Robot Overlord!

With the headline “Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week announced that “a team from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial…Continue Reading →

Boiling maple sap down to syrup in the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary sugar house in Topsfield, March 2014. (Greg Cook)
Nature Greg CookMarch 14, 2018 0

Where To Go Maple Sugaring Around Boston

Our guide to where to get your classic New England spring sugar fix. One of the great harbingers of spring in New England is maple sugaring. Below is our guide…Continue Reading →

“Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage” (“The Dancing Beasts or the Discreet Spell of the Wild”) by La Liga Teatro Elastico at the Festival de Casteliers, Montreal, March 8, 2018. (Marc Gibert / Adecom)
Nature Greg CookMarch 13, 2018 0

Puppet Wolves Hunt A Deer Through The Streets Of Montreal To Reconsider Legends Of The Big Bad Wolf

MONTREAL—It was snowing lightly last Thursday afternoon as the performance of “Les Bêtes dansent ou le sortilège discret de la nature sauvage” (“The Dancing Beasts or the Discrete Spell of…Continue Reading →

“The Snowflake Man” by PuppetKabob. (Courtesy)
Nature Greg CookMarch 8, 2018 0

‘Snowflake Man,’ A Tiny Performance About A Vermont Pioneer Of Microscopic Photography

During a snowstorm in January 1885, Wilson ”Snowflake” Bentley, a Vermont farmer turned scientist, is said to have become the first person to photograph a single snow crystal—more commonly known…Continue Reading →

The "Mirror Maze" at the Boston Museum of Science. (Greg Cook)
Art Greg CookFebruary 14, 2018 0

Visit ‘Mirror Maze’ For The Dazzling Hall Of Mirrors, Stay For The Geometry

The professed aim of “A Mirror Maze: Numbers In Nature”—the new exhibit on view at Boston’s Museum of Science through April 25—is to highlights mathematical patterns in the natural world:…Continue Reading →

Jupiter from the Museum of Science's "Community Solar System" at Boston's South Station, Dec. 20, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Art Greg CookFebruary 9, 2018 0

Have You Seen Jupiter At South Station? Have You Seen Uranus In JP?

Some weeks back I found myself struggling to phrase what suddenly seemed like a delicate question: Have you seen Uranus? Actually, I didn’t get a chance to ask the question…Continue Reading →

Mark Lotterhand photo of wood turtle, Oct. 12, 2017. (Courtesy of Lotterhand)
Nature Greg CookJanuary 31, 2018 0

Video Offers Rare Glimpse Of Wood Turtles Hibernating In An Icy Massachusetts River

In recent months, Mark Lotterhand has been haunting the Squannacook River in northern Massachusetts. “I’ve been running around chasing snakes. On my bucket list was to find a population—called a…Continue Reading →

The Cascade in the Middlesex Fells, Melrose, Jan. 21, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Nature Greg CookJanuary 21, 2018 0

How To Get To An Incredible Frozen Waterfall Via The Orange Line

Recent snows and rains and frosts have transformed the Cascade falls in Melrose into a dazzling ice palace. The 40-foot-tall formation is one of the closest waterfalls to Boston—and an…Continue Reading →

Vivien Li, then president of The Boston Harbor Association, speaks outside the Boston Public Library in Copley Square at the beginning of the "performative walk" called "Boston Coastline: Future Past" that Andi Sutton and Catherine D'Ignazio led on June 19, 2015. (Greg Cook)
Art Greg CookJanuary 15, 2018 0

At MIT, Artists Look At How Global Warming Will Put A Lot Of Boston Under Water

By the end of this century, how will global warming and rising seas have changed Boston? A lot more of it is expected to be under water—much as it was…Continue Reading →

Polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Dec. 29, 2017. (Greg Cook)
Nature Greg CookJanuary 7, 2018 0

Polar Bear Playing In Snowstorm

Photos of a polar bear playing in a snowstorm at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo, Dec. 29, 2017. (Copyright Greg Cook)Continue Reading →

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