Nature19d
‘Do-it-yourself’ data storage on DNA paves way to simple archiving system
The authors thereby stored 269,337 bits, including files that encoded images, such as a tiger and a giant panda. To streamline ... Molecular motor is ‘DNA origami’ milestone Conventional ...
The New York Times23d
Want to Rent a Panda? Here Are 5 Things China Demands in Return.
Normally confidential contracts show that U.S. zoos are accepting increasingly strict terms governing panda cams and public statements. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara Hvistendahl reviewed about 10,000 ...
The New York Times27d
China Counts Wild Pandas. Nobody Believes Its Tally.
The panda census methodology is widely seen as flawed, and China keeps the data shrouded in secrecy. By Mara Hvistendahl and Joy Dong American zoos point to a rise in the wild panda numbers ...
PBS27d
Panda-monium returns to Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their ...
NBC Washington27d
New DC panda Bao Li's mom was a star at the National Zoo, too
The Panda Express has landed! A specially outfitted FedEx plane landed Tuesday morning at Dulles International Airport with some VIP passengers: a pair of 3-year-old pandas who will take up ...
USA Today27d
The return of 'panda diplomacy': National Zoo eagerly awaits giant panda arrival
Male Bao Li and female Qing Bao, both 3 years old, will fill the large void left at the National Zoo’s now-renovated panda exhibit when their predecessors – a couple that had been there for 24 ...
WMUR27d
China’s new panda diplomats arrive at National Zoo; won't be ready for public debut until January
It's time for panda diplomacy. Today, Washington is welcoming two giant pandas from China. They're all known to the Smithsonian National Zoo for 10 years. The facility is closed to visitors today ...
San Diego Union-Tribune26d
Must-see viewing returns with San Diego Zoo’s live Panda Cam
Fans of giant pandas now have a way to watch the antics of Yun Chuan and Xin Bao at the San Diego Zoo from anywhere in the world, thanks to Tuesday’s launch of the Panda Cam. Before getting to ...
Outside21d
From a Self-Cleaning Toothbrush to an Origami Yoga Mat: Our Writers’ Clever Travel Hacks
Jen Murphy I first saw a Kama mat on a camping trip, when a friend unfolded this origami-style pad and placed it outside her camper van like a welcome mat where visitors were invited to leave ...
CNN27d
They’re cute, cuddly and coming to America: China’s newest panda diplomats headed for Washington
Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years old, left the giant panda research base in Dujiangyan, a city near the bears’ native habitat in the mountains of southwest China, on Monday night local time.
ABC727d
Pandas Qing Bao, Bao Li in DC and headed to National Zoo after FedEx flight dubbed 'Panda Express'
The FedEx cargo plane dubbed "Panda Express," carrying Bao Li and Qing Bao, both 3 years old, landed at Washington Dulles Airport at 9:53 a.m. Tuesday. Please note: The above video is from an ...