{"id":119098,"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=2026-03-05#038;eventDate=2026-02-06#038;eventDate=2025-06-04#038;p=106787"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:02:19","slug":"science-today-march-2026-2026-03-05","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026-2026-03-05\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Bionic Bivalves"},"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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s Topic<\/h3>\n<p>Today, researchers from North Carolina State University join us in the SECU Daily Planet Theater to talk about using biosensors and freshwater mussels for monitoring water quality and how the public can contribute to training algorithms to detect changes in how freshwater mussels respond to pollution.<\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s Experts<\/h3>\n<p>Sarah Hallyburton, Research Assistant at North Carolina State University<br \/>\nSeana Finn, Masters of Science student in Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management 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>&nbsp; Today&#8217;s Topic Today, researchers from North Carolina State University join us in the SECU Daily Planet Theater to talk about using biosensors and freshwater mussels for monitoring water quality and how the public can contribute to training algorithms to detect changes in how freshwater mussels respond to pollution. Today&#8217;s Experts Sarah Hallyburton, Research Assistant&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026-2026-03-05\/\">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\/119098"}],"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=119098"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119373,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119098\/revisions\/119373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119098"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=119098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}