{"id":119102,"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=2026-03-12#038;eventDate=2026-02-06#038;eventDate=2025-06-04#038;p=106787"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:34:24","slug":"science-today-march-2026-2026-03-12","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026-2026-03-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Giant Water Bugs"},"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<h3>Today&#8217;s Topic<\/h3>\n<p>Aquatic insect expert Chris Goforth shares her research on one of North America&#8217;s largest predatory insects, the giant water bug.<\/p>\n<h3>Today&#8217;s Expert<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Goforth, Head of Collaborative Science, North Carolina 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 shares her research on one of North America&#8217;s largest predatory insects, the giant water bug. Today&#8217;s Expert Chris Goforth, Head of Collaborative Science, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Go inside the globe of the SECU Daily Planet Theater for live presentations and interactive shows led by scientists&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026-2026-03-12\/\">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\/119102"}],"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=119102"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119204,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119102\/revisions\/119204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119102"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=119102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}