Science

Sylvia Earle: My Wish? To Protect Our Oceans

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; Credit: Asa Mathat/TED / Asa Mathat Manoush Zomorodi, Christina Cala, and SANAZ MESHKINPOUR | NPR Part 4 of TED Radio Hour episode An SOS From The Ocean Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle has been exploring and working to protect our oceans for more than half a century. Her message has stayed the same: we’re taking our oceans for granted. About Sylvia Earle Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, and author. She is the president of Mission Blue, an organization that aims to establish marine protected areas around the world. She is also a National Geographic Explorer. Earle has led more than 50 expeditions and clocked more than 7,000 hours underwater. She was captain of the first all-female team to live underwater in 1970–one of many extended underwater stays. In 1979, she walked untethered on the sea floor at a lower depth than any other woman before or since. In the 1980s, she started the companies Deep Ocean Engineering and Deep Ocean Technologies with engineer Graham Hawkes to design undersea vehicles that allow scientists to work at previously inaccessible depths. In the early 1990s, she served as Chief Scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. In 2009, she became the recipient of the million dollar TED Prize to continue her work to protect oceans. Earle received an associate degree from St. Petersburg Jr. College, has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree from Florida State University, and a Doctorate of Psychology from Duke University. This segment of TED Radio Hour was produced by Christina Cala and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour. You can follow us on Twitter @TEDRadioHour and email us at TEDRadio@npr.org . Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. This content is from Southern California Public Radio. View the original story at SCPR.org.

Weird

Google Earth sleuth thinks they’ve found a face in Antarctica

Sara Odeen-Isbister

A Google Earth image of Antarctica that appears to show a face (Picture: Google Earth) A Reddit user believes they’ve found a face peering back at them in a Google Earth image from Antarctica. The satellite picture shared on the r/strangeearth page shows what appears to be a half closed eye, a nose and a grimacing mouth in the snow and ice. Several on Reddit were quick to liken it to Megatron, the main antagonist from the popular Transformers franchise. You can find it for yourself by entering the coordinates 72°00’52″S 168°35’37″E. It’s not the first time Antarctica has sparked intrigue by findings on Google Earth.Users think they’ve found a massive door while some believe there is an ‘alien pyramid’ half-buried in the snow. Is this a door to another realm? (Picture: Google/SWNS) The face posted on Reddit, it turns out, has actually been shared on the same site previously, in 2019. A UFO enthusiast suggested it could be evidence of aliens visiting earth, while conspiracy theorists believed it to be relics of an ancient civilisation. Blake Cousins, of YouTube channel thirdphaseofmoon, said: ‘It appears to be a massive, ancient structure of some kind of face that is being revealed for the first time on Google Earth. ‘I would have to concur that whatever we’re looking at resembles some sort of megastructure.’ But several posting on Reddit believe it’s just a natural formation created by snow and ice, with some simply commenting ‘pareidolia.’ Some Reddit users said the Antarctica face looks like Megatron from Transformers (Picture: Paramount/Everett/REX/Shutterstock) Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon that causes the brain to see an object, patterns or meaning where there is none. It’s particularly common for people to see faces and bodies and there are several theories as to why. Follow Metro on WhatsApp to be the first to get all the latest news Follow us to receive the latest news updates from Metro (Picture: Getty Images) Metro’s on Whatsapp! Join

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Rare ‘one-in-a-billion’ spherical egg to be auctioned off

Tom Sanders

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page An extremely rare, completely round egg has been found by a shell-shocked farm worker. Farm worker Ali Greene has seen tens of thousands of eggs during her time at Fenton Farm, near Tiverton in Devon. But she was left stunned by finding one that was completely spherical – something that has a one-in-a-billion chance of occurring. ‘I’ve probably processed about 30,000 eggs since I’ve been here’, said Ali. The ultra-rare egg was discovered at a farm in Devon (Picture: SWNS) ‘I put the eggs on a conveyor belt and they then get dropped into trays. ‘And this one just wouldn’t go through into the trays because it was the wrong shape. ‘I took it out and showed it to Andrew, the boss. I did some research and found spherical eggs are one-in-a-billion.’ But rather than keep it for herself, kind-hearted Ali is now set to auction off the rare egg and donate the proceeds to charity. Farm worker Ali Greene made the one-in-billion discovery (Picture: Ali Greene / SWNS) She contacted auctioneers Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood who told her they would put it up under the hammer. Ali added the egg was now covered in lard and salt to help preserve it. ‘Whoever buys it will probably want to blow it and keep the shell intact.They can mount it and be one of the few people on the planet to own one.’ ‘It’s a beautiful egg,’ she said. ‘I just wish we knew which chicken had laid it, because she won’t ever lay another one. Follow Metro on WhatsApp to be the first to get all the latest news Follow us to receive the latest news updates from Metro (Picture: Getty Images) Metro’s on Whatsapp! Join our community for breaking news and juicy stories. The egg will be auctioned off for