{"id":118780,"date":"2025-01-10T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2026-02-06#038;eventDate=2025-06-04#038;p=106787"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:17:45","slug":"science-today-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Impact of Pollution on North Carolina&#8217;s Tiniest Fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-119094 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-1024x769.png\" alt=\"Photo of a globe-shaped theater taken from the ceiling looking down with people standing on balconies and seated on the main floor. A presenter stages on a small stage with a large image of a frog projected behind the stage.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound.png 1506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Today&#8217;s Topic<\/h4>\n<p><b>Impact of Pollution on North Carolina&#8217;s Tiniest\u00a0Fish<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Researchers are studying North Carolina\u2019s tiniest fish, the Least Killifish, to learn about genetic diversity and the adaptions in response to pollution in the lower Cape Fear River system.<\/p>\n<h4>Today&#8217;s Expert<\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Alexandra Duffy, Assistant Research Professor in Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University<\/p>\n<p><em>Go inside the globe of the SECU Daily Planet Theater for live presentations and interactive shows led by scientists and educators. Meet researchers, witness live demonstrations, and engage in Q&amp;A sessions with experts. With ever-changing topics and guests, there\u2019s always something new and exciting to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Topic Impact of Pollution on North Carolina&#8217;s Tiniest\u00a0Fish Researchers are studying North Carolina\u2019s tiniest fish, the Least Killifish, to learn about genetic diversity and the adaptions in response to pollution in the lower Cape Fear River system. Today&#8217;s Expert Dr. Alexandra Duffy, Assistant Research Professor in Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University Go&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,4,5,12,13,15,25,47,247],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119377,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118780\/revisions\/119377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118780"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=118780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}