Jane Goodall: Into the Heart of the Wild On October 1, 2025, the Jane Goodall Institute announced the passing of its founder, Dame Jane Goodall, at the age of 91. Ethologist, primatologist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace, she devoted more than six decades to studying chimpanzees and promoting a sustainable relationship between humanity and the natural world. Early Life and the Making of a Naturalist Born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall on April 3, 1934, in London, she was the daughter of Mortimer Herbert Morris-Goodall, a businessman and pilot, and Margaret Myfanwe Joseph, a writer. From an early age, she displayed an intense curiosity about animals. The Groundbreaking Work at GombeIn July 1960, on Leakey’s recommendation, Jane Goodall established her camp on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in what became the Gombe Stream National Park. Recognition and the Establishment of a Research CenterIn 1961, Leakey arranged for Goodall to enter Cambridge University as a PhD candidate without prior academic degrees. Sources
10 jan 2009 | hal finney | "running bitcoin" edition.cnn Who doesn’t need a dancing gorilla to spark some joy in their life right now? A windswept gannet, laughing lions and a sleepy frog could also lift the mood, which is probably why they have all been chosen as finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. Judges of the annual contest have selected 40 images that are guaranteed to raise a smile, as well as three portfolio category images and 10 videos of some of nature’s most hilarious offerings. The competition, which has been going for a decade, received almost 10,000 entries from applicants in 108 countries this year, organizers said. The finalists will be judged in a range of categories, including ones for reptiles, insects and fish, as well as for younger photographers. “These images combine wit and wonder to celebrate nature’s character, while emphasising the urgency of conservation,” said Stefan Maier, Nikon Europe senior general manager of marketing, in the press release Thursday.
1972 | Finding Lena Forsen, the Patron Saint of JPEGs edition.cnn An image of a rare hyena standing in front of an abandoned building in a former diamond mining town in Namibia has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 award. Shot by South African photographer Wim van den Heever in the town of Kolmanskop, “Ghost Town Visitor” is the product of 10 years’ work using camera trap technology, according to a statement from the organizers on Tuesday. The photograph, which was one of 60,636 entries, shows a brown hyena – a member of the rarest hyena species in the world. Nocturnal and largely solitary, brown hyenas are rarely seen, so van den Heever started to use a camera trap after noticing their tracks in the area. Kathy Moran, chair of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year jury, said that the image showed how wildlife had repopulated a town abandoned by humans. “How fitting that this photograph was made in a ghost town,” she said in the statement. “You get a prickly feeling just looking at this image and you know that you’re in this hyena’s realm.”
23 april 2005 | The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago The first ever YouTube video was uploaded on April 23, 2005 -- exactly 15 years ago, today. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim posted the 18-second video, titled "Me at the zoo." It has since garnered over 90 million views. To this day, it is the only video on Karim's channel. Upon clicking play, the screen fills with a young Karim's face, his disheveled hair taking up the screen front and center. "Alright," Karim begins. There he is. "The cool thing about these guys is that they have really, really, really long, um, trunks," he continues. So. Unlike many YouTube creators' videos these days, Karim's video does not include what's considered the more traditional sign off: "Subscribe to my channel!" He ends the video simply by stating: "And that's pretty much all there is to say." A year after "Me at the zoo," Karim and fellow co-founders sold the platform to Google for a whopping $1.65 billion. Now, the platform boasts more than 2 billion logged-in users visit each month, according to YouTube.
'Their resilience is a lesson to us all': The maritime lions hunting seals on the beach These animals have adapted to live in "the most inhospitable terrain you can imagine, a huge sea of sand dunes, with no vegetation", says Stander, who founded the non-profit Desert Lion Conservation Trust in 1997. "The desert lions are incredibly unique," says Stander. They have the largest home range of any lion, he says, adding: "They are super fit, top athletes." The average home range of a desert lion is around 12,000 sq km (4,600 sq miles), he says, adding that a lion in the Serengeti would typically have a home range of around 100 sq km (39 sq miles). They have even adapted to survive without water. "We're so used to seeing lions in a savannah habitat or lying on top of a big rock, like in The Lion King, so it's really striking to see one on a beach. The desert lions tend to travel in much smaller groups than savannah lions, says Cooper. This makes the task of photographing the lions even more challenging.
1973 | not exactly internet | cut copy paste - Larry Tesler, the UI pioneer responsible for cut, copy, and paste, dies at 74 Larry Tesler, a computer scientist who is most well-known for creating the seminal computer concepts cut, copy, and paste, died on Monday at age 74. Tesler was born in 1945 in New York and studied computer science at Stanford, according to Gizmodo. After working in AI research, he joined Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in 1973, where he developed cut, copy, and paste. PARC is most famous for its early work on graphical user interfaces and how to navigate them with a mouse — and because Apple co-founder Steve Jobs saw this early research and used it as inspiration to develop better iterations of the ideas for Apple products. Tesler was also a champion of a concept called “modeless” computing, which is the idea that a program shouldn’t have different “modes” where a user’s input does different things based on whichever mode you’re in. In 1980, Tesler joined Apple and worked at the company until 1997. In 1980, Tesler joined Apple and worked at the company until 1997.
Robert Bateman is one of Canada’s most misunderstood artists | CBC Arts Arts·Q with Tom Power The famous wildlife painter joins Q's Tom Power to discuss how critics have often dismissed his work. The famous wildlife painter joins Q's Tom Power to discuss how critics have often dismissed his work CBC Arts · Posted: Nov 07, 2025 1:55 PM EST | Last Updated: November 7 Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A new documentary shines light on the early years of the hugely successful Canadian wildlife painter Robert Bateman. Yet critics often dismiss Bateman's art. LISTEN | Robert Bateman's full interview with Tom Power: The full interview with Robert Bateman is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Interview with Robert Bateman produced by Catherine Stockhausen.
3 dec 1992 | SMS Turns 20 With A Touch Of Festive Cheer | Science Museum Blog Every time we invent a new communications device, somebody has to decide what the first every message will be. So, 20 years ago today, when 22-year-old British engineer, Neil Papworth, was trying out Vodafone's new SMS system out for the first time, what did he send? Well, as it was nearing Christmas, there was really only one choice: MERRY CHRISTMAS Every time we invent a new communications device, somebody has to decide what the first every message will be. On other occasions, the inventors of the technology were taken by surprise, such as Alexander Graham Bell. So, 20 years ago today, when 22-year-old British engineer, Neil Papworth, was trying out Vodafone’s new SMS system out for the first time, what did he send? The first commercial SMS (short message service) system went into operation in 1993, after several years of tinkering with various text based messaging services.
edition.cnn San Rafael, California — Whether battling a wildfire, chasing a suspect, or helping someone with a traumatic injury – the firefighters, police officers, paramedics, and others who take action in emergencies regularly endure high levels of stress. These situations take a serious physical and emotional toll, yet many first responders don’t seek out the mental health support they need to cope. “We’re supposed to be there to help other people. Keeping their emotions in check comes at a price. But for the past five years, many emergency responders have found some much-needed – and very cuddly – relief by visiting with a therapy dog. Carman likes to say that her dog, Kerith, led her to this work. “She was just too friendly to every single person that she met,” Carman said. Eventually, Carman adopted her, and they got certified as a therapy dog team. “They just hugged her, and they just melted their heads into her,” Carman said. “It’s just such a relief. Want to get involved?
En 1979, une chaîne de mails sur la science-fiction inventait l'internet d'aujourd'hui Temps de lecture: 9 min Il y a quarante-neuf ans, lorsque les ordinateurs furent mis en réseau pour la première fois, le précurseur de l’internet que nous connaissons aujourd’hui n’intéressait que la science. Arpanet, la création de l’Advanced Research Projects Agency –ARPA, l'ancêtre de la DARPA d’aujourd’hui–, avait pour objectif de permettre aux scientifiques bénéficiant de financements par l’armée américaine de partager deux denrées alors incroyablement rares et coûteuses: le temps et la puissance de calcul. Réseau des réseaux À l’époque, seule une poignée d’universités disposaient d'ordinateurs. Arpanet promettait de résoudre cela en permettant aux scientifiques non seulement de partager du temps de calcul, mais aussi d'orienter plusieurs ordinateurs vers la résolution d'un seul problème ou d’acquérir une montagne de données en une seule requête éclair. Quelques semaines plus tard, un ordinateur de Santa Barbara, en Californie, et un autre situé dans l’Utah rejoignirent le réseau.