American professional pitcher Marcus Stroman competes for the Major League Baseball Chicago Cubs.
The player, who was regarded as the Toronto Blue Jays’ second-best prospect, made his MLB debut in 2014 after being called up by the team. On July 28, 2019, the baseball player was sent by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Mets. Before joining the Chicago Cubs on December 1, 2021, he was a member of the team for more than two years. Read More...
For animals in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, the normal balance of competition and predation was upended when a war wiped out the top predators. The remaining animals didn’t simply grow in numbers—they began behaving in unusual ways, veering outside their typical territories and feeding patterns. Could it be that it’s not just predators’ kills that keep other populations in check, but also the fear they inspire? NOVA joins a team of scientists as they reintroduce wild dogs to Gorongosa to find out if restoring the park’s “landscape of fear” can restore balance to an entire ecosystem. Read More...
Sidewalks abutting all Big Apple parks would be smoke-free zones under new legislation being considered by the City Council.
The bill introduced by Sandra Ung (D-Queens) last week would extend an existing ban prohibiting smoking on parkland, part of a larger anti-smoking crackdown signed into law in 2011, to cover all sidewalks bordering the greenspace.
Ung drafted the bill after her office fielded many complaints about people puffing weed and cigarettes on benches and other areas just outside local parks and playgrounds. Read More...
