Last week, this editorial page celebrated a modest and (in a way) bountiful crop of butternut squash in Cape Haze, all taken from a volunteer seed. The seed came from Charlotte DOT grass turf from f…
BY LUKE ALLEN
I was fishing deep in the water and boom a very white snook bit my bait – it was so hard my line broke off right after it got in the boat. Later that day I caught 14 more fish. It w…
Editor’s Note: This installment is part of a six-week series on local wildlife provided by the Barrier Island Parks Society. These articles aim to foster community awareness regarding regional envir…
BY BRENT MCCONNELL
Data centers are becoming one of the strangest political fights in America. Most of us use them every day without knowing where they are or what they do. They store our photogr…
At the Beacon, we are blessed with a staff that has a love for what grows around us. A few weeks ago, Daniel Godwin, our art director, brought in a tiny pineapple grown in his yard. It was cute, in…
“It’s not a question of whether AI will change the world, but how. Ensuring that this change is positive requires that we take ethical considerations into account from the very beginning.”
A quot…
DNA signatures of aging could provide a new, noninvasive tool for studying shark populations and improving conservation efforts.
BY BROOKE BOWSER, FLORIDA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Aging leave…
Editor’s Note: This is one of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness about the issues facing our island communities. This week, BIPS addresses…
BY ERNIE J. VANDERWALT
I got in the Gulf tonight shortly before sunset, the light doing that thing it does where the water turns the color of something you can’t quite name, gold sliding into ros…
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
I remember telling my new boss that I definitely wasn’t the smartest person in the company—not by a long shot – but I would be one of the hardest-working. I think if you ask…
