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Eastern monarchs fly up to 3,000 miles to Mexico, to forests none has ever seen. One "super generation" makes the trip: it pauses breeding and lives 6–9 months vs 2–5 weeks in summer. Born to Migrate, Part 1.
Video: Hao Le, Pexels License
Music: Ahjay Stelino, Mixkit License

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Blizzard of '78, Part 1: Boston Logan's NOAA hourly logs show 16 straight whiteout reports (≤¼ mi visibility + 35 mph winds), 6 PM–9 AM, Feb 6–7, 1978. Has any storm matched it since? Part 2 next.
Data: NOAA NCEI ISD, NWS Boston
Music: Alejandro Magaña (A. M.), Mixkit License

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Jensen Huang in the Matrix, learning how Chinese spies work

Wait till the end 👀

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Bird Superpowers ep2: Rock Pigeon (19.4s). Music is “Forest Treasure” by Alejandro Magaña. This is a lab study, not a diagnosis, and the footage is not of the study birds.

Bird Superpowers ep2: food-rewarded pigeons learned to tell benign from malignant breast-tissue slides, ~85% right even on new images. 4 birds' pooled votes: 99%. Lab study (PLOS ONE 2015), not diagnosis.
Video: R Bude & K, Pexels License
Music: Alejandro Magaña, Mixkit License

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Migration Mysteries, Part 2/2 (19s). Music is “Discover” by Eugenio Mininni. The footage is a real V of crane-like birds, labeled “species unconfirmed · Study: ibises.”

A V's leader gets no free lift. So who flies up front? In a 2015 PNAS study of 14 hand-raised ibises, they took turns, swapping the lead to match time in each other's wake. Migration Mysteries, Part 2.
Video: Borja Lopez, Pexels License
Music: Eugenio Mininni, Mixkit License

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New England hurricanes, Part 2/2 (23.8s map, NOAA HURDAT2). Music is “Silent Descent” by Eugenio Mininni.

Has any hurricane come as close as 1938 since? NOAA track data: yes, 7 times (1944–1991). None topped 1938's 121 mph; Carol '54 hit 115. None since Bob in 1991: 34 years, the longest gap since 1851. Part 2/2

Data: NOAA HURDAT2, NWS Boston. Music: Eugenio Mininni, Mixkit License

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Bird Superpowers: mallards can sleep with half their brain awake. Ducks at the edge of a sleeping group keep one eye open, facing outward—resting while watching for danger. #Birds #Ducks

Video: Physical Pixel & Nika Navi, Pexels License
Music: Arulo, Mixkit License

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1938: a Cat 5 at sea hit Long Island as a Cat 3, racing north at ~47 mph. ~700 died. Part 2: has any hurricane come this close since?
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2, NWS Boston/NY.
Music: Ahjay Stelino, Mixkit License

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Why do migrating birds fly in a V? Each rides rising air off the wingtip ahead. In a 2014 Nature study, ibises timed each flap to stay in it. But the leader gets no lift. Who flies up front? Part 2 next.
Video: cottonbro studio, Pexels License
Music: Andrew Ev, Mixkit License

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In honor of all those who served this country. Thank you for your courage, sacrifice, and service. Today, we honor you. 🇺🇸 #VeteransDay #ThankYouVeterans

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A Barred Owl is often heard before it's seen. Its familiar call sounds like "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?" — a classic hoot of old forests and swamps. #Owls #Birds
Video: Chris F, Pexels License
Music: Alejandro Magaña (A. M.), Mixkit License

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Those "ears" aren't ears. A long-eared owl's tufts are feathers—its real ears are hidden on the sides of its head. Built to listen. Born to hunt. #Owls #Birds Video: Emre Ayata, Pexels License Music: Alejandro Magaña (A. M.), Mixkit Stock Music Free License.

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13 states to 50, Part 1/2: 1783 to 1848. Every state and territory boundary change, replayed on its legal date, from the Treaty of Paris to Wisconsin, the 30th state. The country's land area nearly tripled. Data: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

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Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Part 1/2: the push north. 6,227 iNaturalist sightings from Jan to July 2025. The median sighting moved from 26.6°N in Jan-Feb to 42.9°N in the week of May 14, and one reached 54.6°N in Alberta on Jun 15. Data: iNaturalist (research grade, 2025)

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White-breasted Nuthatches creep headfirst down tree trunks. A long, sharp back toe grips bark, letting them cling in any orientation. They also wedge big seeds into bark and hammer them open. #birds #nuthatch
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Great Blue Herons hunt day and night: their eyes have a high share of rod cells for night vision, so they stalk fish in near-darkness. #birds #GreatBlueHeron
Photo: Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0

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2026's drought, Part 1/2: Jan to June, 26 weekly maps. Drought covered 44.8% of the Lower 48 on Jan 6 and peaked at 62.8% on Apr 21, the third-highest yearly peak in the Drought Monitor's record (since 2000). Exceptional drought hit 2.58% on May 12. Data: U.S. Drought Monitor

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Snowy Owls hunt in daylight, unlike most owls. One adult can eat 3–5 lemmings a day, over 1,600 a year. #birds #SnowyOwl
Photo: Michael Gäbler, CC BY-SA 3.0

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Wild Turkeys can fly up to ~55 mph in short bursts, and at dusk whole flocks flap up into trees to roost for the night, out of reach of coyotes and foxes. #birds #WildTurkey
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0

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1,791 tornadoes in one year. Watch every 2024 tornado in NOAA's database touch down, start to end. May alone had 530, April 26 had 78, and four were rated EF4. A 2024 replay, not current data. Data: NOAA Storm Prediction Center #Tornado #Weather