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What is the Oldest Living Organism on Earth?

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aug 23, 2017
"What's the oldest tree or other living organism on Earth?" That question was posed to BBC Crowd Science, and it turns out it's a difficult question to answer. The oldest confirmed organism is a bristlecone pine tree in California that's 5,067 years old. But its possible there are a few other organisms on the planet that are much older.
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Where are the Alien Invasions Happening?

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Aug 23, 2017
Where are the most likely places for an invasive species to thrive? It turns out: islands and coastal regions. Researchers out of Durham University in the United Kingdom, as well as multiple other universities, recently published a paper detailing the global hot spots for invasive species. The most inundated: the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand's North Island, and the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. These data help to inform mitigation strategies preventing further spread of invasive species that
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Deploying "Shazam for Bats" in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
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Jun 30, 2017
An international collaboration of scientists have deployed a network of sensors in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. What do the sensors measure? Sound! Ultrasonic bat calls to be specific. When the sensors hear a bat call, which is beyond the hearing of a human, they automatically attempt to determine the species. The data is uploaded to the cloud, and researchers are then able to keep track of the variety of bat species in the park. This experiment is in its early stages, but ultimately

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