Plus, rivers in the sky flooding California; celebrating Pi Day; theories about the multiverse
| No species lives in isolation.
The changing climate—earlier snowmelt, plant blossoming—is good for marmots. They wake up earlier from wintertime slumber, have more kids. That's probably not the norm. Scientists are just beginning to understand how the accelerated changing of the seasons is rearranging life for animals, birds, flowers—and us.
How will it—the climate morphing affecting every species, all around us—change the lives of children today, and their children? We have a few clues.
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Noticing: Pictured above, billy barr, who spells his name without capital letters, has kept detailed records about his environment in Colorado since the 1970s. It was barr who first noticed robins arriving early. At top, at right, scientist David Inouye has spent 50 summers tracking flowers, hummingbirds, and insects nearby. Read more. | | | |
 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY SIMON NORFOLK | | The tomb of Jesus? Archaeologists have discovered that Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre stands on the site of a Jewish cemetery dating to the time of Jesus. The shrine at the heart of the church, known as the Edicule (shown above), encases remnants of a tomb revered since the fourth century. Here's what we know.
Related: What archaeologists can tell us about the real Jesus
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| War and basketball: These Kurdish Iraqi college students, photographed in 2015 in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, wouldn’t quit studying—or playing basketball—despite war raging all around them. Some of them are now in their 30s and have children of their own, says photographer Erin Trieb.
Read more about women in war around the world.
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 | | IMAGE COURTESY WMAP/NASA | | Everything, Everywhere? We know a movie about the multiverse won the Best Picture Oscar, but is the multiverse real? Scientists can only see so far before they run into the edge of the universe (shown above). But, but ... here’s what we know.
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Today's soundtrack: Space Song, Beach House
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