{"id":118783,"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=2026-02-12#038;eventDate=2025-06-04#038;p=106787"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:29:26","slug":"science-today-summer-2025-2025-06-04-2026-02-12","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-summer-2025-2025-06-04-2026-02-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Dragonflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17499\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Halloween_pennant_C_Goforth_320x450.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween pennant dragonfly. Photo: Chris Goforth\/NCMNS.\" width=\"320\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Halloween_pennant_C_Goforth_320x450.jpg 320w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Halloween_pennant_C_Goforth_320x450-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s Topic<\/h3>\n<p>Aquatic insect expert Chris <span data-markjs=\"true\">Goforth<\/span> joins us to talk about swarms of dragonflies so numerous they have been spotted on weather radar! In some cases, scientific research isn\u2019t possible without the help of many citizen scientists. Learn how Chris has explored dragonfly behaviors through citizen science projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s Expert<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Goforth, Head of Collaborative Science, NC Museum of Natural Sciences<\/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 Aquatic insect expert Chris Goforth joins us to talk about swarms of dragonflies so numerous they have been spotted on weather radar! In some cases, scientific research isn\u2019t possible without the help of many citizen scientists. Learn how Chris has explored dragonfly behaviors through citizen science projects. Today&#8217;s Expert Chris Goforth, Head of&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-summer-2025-2025-06-04-2026-02-12\/\">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\/118783"}],"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=118783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119202,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/118783\/revisions\/119202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118783"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=118783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}