Meet Bruce, the “beak-jousting” parrot

Bruce lost his upper beak in an accident when he was very young. Ximena Nelson Bruce lost his upper beak in an accident when he was very young. Ximena Nelson Bruce “jousting” with another male. Alex Grabham Bruce “jousting” with another male. Alex Grabham Bruce runs and jumps to “joust” with opponents from a distance….

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A Hot Take on the Erica Schwartz CDC Nomination

A Hot Take on the Erica Schwartz CDC Nomination

On paper, Erica Schwartz, MD, MPH, JD, is exactly who you’d design if you were building a CDC director from scratch. Retired rear admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Former chief medical officer of the Coast Guard, where she oversaw 41 clinics and 150 sick bays. Former deputy surgeon general at HHS. Board-certified…

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Y’all versus yinz: Accents may say more about who we are than where we’re from

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Regional accents in the United States are far more complicated than their oversimplified stereotypes. Take that reductive “Southern” twang heard so often across pop culture. Researchers routinely identify significant differences throughout the region, with variants including Appalachian, Ozark, Coastal…

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