For the second year in a row, scientists at The Florida Aquarium in Apollo Beach have successfully spawned threatened Atlantic pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) though lab-induced techniques. The scientific marvel occurred this week in a research laboratory as a part of a scientific spawning project called Project Coral.
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Coral spawning announcement! π¨For the second year in a row, our scientists have successfully spawned threatened Atlantic pillar coral by lab-induced techniques! #FloridaAquarium Research activities occurred within the NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and under permit. pic.twitter.com/YxhugfpJDA
— The Florida Aquarium (@floridaaquarium) August 7, 2020
The corals spawned at nearly exactly the same time as last year, at approximately 100 minutes after sunset on the second day after the full moon of August.
In these strange days of quarantine and isolation, books can be a mode of transport. We may have to stay home and stay still, but through the abiding magic of the written word, we can travel to all kinds of different places. Look, just because itβs corny doesnβt mean it isnβt true.
Each month the Goodreads editorial team takes a look at the books that are being published in the U.S., readersβ early reviews, and how many readers are adding these books to their Want to Read shelves (which is how we measure anticipation). We use the information to curate this list of hottest new releases.
A giant manta ray has been filmed appearing to beg a professional diver for help saving her life. The three-metre-wide sea creature is shown swimming up to snorkelling guide Jake Wilton and flipping over in the water β apparently to show him fish hooks embedded in her right eye.
The U.S. real estate market is beginning to show signs of a βgreat reshuffling,β as people relocate to homes with more privacy and space to ease working from home, Zillow CEO Rich Barton said on the companyβs Q2 2020 earnings call this week.
βI believe we are at the dawn of a great reshuffling,β Barton said. βIβm sure I donβt need to spell it out for you because we are all living it, spending an average of nine hours more per day at home. Zoom meetings are changing the way families think about space and privacy. Home offices are in high demand. Backyards are more desirable than parks and gyms. Work-from-home policies are eliminating the commute for many. Thereβs an endless list of considerations.β
Obinwanne Okeke was supposed to be a rags-to-riches Nigerian success story. Then the feds followed the money.
There he was, smiling on the cover of Forbes Africa magazine, dollar bills raining like confetti. It was June 2016, and Obinwanne Okeke, then 28, was on top of the world; he had just landed a coveted spot on the magazineβs prestigious 30 under 30 list of African entrepreneurs. In the article, he was one of many whiz kids described as βAfricaβs bright young things.β
The 17th child of a polygamous father whose mother was the fourth wife, Okekeβs father died when he was 16, and his mother, a teacher, worked multiple jobs to put him and his siblings through school. Growing up in Ukpor, a village in southeastern Nigeria, was tough, and luxuries like sneakers or a Game Boy were hard to come by, he said in a 2018 BBC interview.
Turns out, Okeke had been involved in a string of sophisticated online scams since at least 2015 β including when he was gracing that glossy Forbes Africa cover. He was arrested at Dulles International Airport, Virginia, on August 6, 2019, for defrauding a company of nearly $11 million. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on June 18, 2020, and now faces up to 20 years in prison at his sentencing in October.
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