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Closing window for action on climate change offers consequences and opportunity
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSFlood-prone South Florida considers proactive investment against rising seas Can the U.S. compel global collaboration on climate change? Kerry talks...
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Is pot getting more potent?
The average potency of pot has more than tripled in the past two decades, studies show. Photo by Tony Avelar / The Christian Science Monitor. The average potency of pot has more than tripled in the...
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NASA halts engagement with Russia in response to ‘violation of Ukraine’s...
Cooperation remains critical to astronauts’ efforts on the International Space Station. But down on Earth, NASA announced Wednesday they will halt most of their engagements with Russia, because of...
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Potentially lifesaving national landslide maps are 30 years out of date
An excavator works in the debris field near Oso, Wash. Photo courtesy of Washington State Patrol The last time the U.S. Geological Survey made a national map of landslide hazards, it did so on paper....
View ArticleNASA sets solar flare images to music
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has released dramatic video of a “mid-level” solar flare from April 2. Flares are short, powerful bursts of radiation emitted from the sun’s surface. NASA says the...
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New report shows water on Saturn’s moon
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: A report published this week in Science magazine offered new remarkable details about the presence of water on one of Saturn’s moons. It once again...
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NASA explores the fashionable frontier
According to the NASA spacesuit voting site, the “Trends in Society” design is based on what everyday clothes may look like in the not too distant future.Who says astronauts can’t be fashionable in the...
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This is your brain on movies
Your brain isn’t too different from your fellow movie watchers,’ researchers say. Nothing makes a room full of strangers feel united quite like a movie. Now, science is trying to prove that you’re a...
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Researchers track New Hampshire moose in hopes of pinpointing cause of...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In northern New England researchers are increasingly worried about what’s happening to one of the region’s iconic animals, the moose. Their numbers are...
View ArticleUsing ‘gooey’ caps and Bluetooth to keep Parkinson’s patients moving
Science Nation explores how bioengineering is helping Parkinson’s patients and uncovering the secrets of brain plasticity. Video courtesy Science Nation. For Parkinson’s sufferers, the connection...
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Procrastinators, you can blame it on genetics…tomorrow
Procrastination is more than just laziness. It’s a serious problem that affects our health, our relationships and our work. But what controls our willpower? Photo by Robert Daly/Getty Images...
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In space, recycled urine has many uses
Astronauts have already gotten used to the idea of drinking their recycled urine. A new device could potentially use waste water for both drinking and for fuel. Photo by Flickr user European Space...
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When baby animals must be rescued from their own mothers
These cheetah cubs at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. may become foster siblings for a set of cubs that were injured, and nearly killed, by their mother. Photo by...
View ArticleHow do you build a robot that’s smaller than an insect?
How do you build a robot smaller than the tip of your finger? Inspired by the strength, speed and agility of insects, Sarah Bergbreiter from the University of Maryland is designing tiny robots. But...
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Daddy longlegs once had four eyes, research says
A Daddy longlegs. Photo by Flickr user rittyrats Hey, four-eyes. No, not you with your glasses perched on your nose. I’m talking to Daddy Longlegs over there, hiding in the corner. Turns out, a...
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Scientists may have solution for sniffles
Photo by Flickr user William Brawley For many people with allergies, the arrival of spring is tempered by weeks of wheezing, sneezing, and itching. Even those with perfect immune systems can sympathize...
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‘We want you to get addicted’: App-maker overcomes his own cell-phone addiction
Video Still by PBS NewsHour How many hours a day do you spend on your phone or tablet? How often do you check Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or other social media sites? College students check their...
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Solar-powered plane revealed in Switzerland
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: It might never have occurred to you, but a single round-trip flight between Chicago and Frankfurt, Germany burns about 3.5 tons of carbon dioxide....
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There will be a ‘blood moon’ eclipse tonight
Photo by NASA A rare “blood moon” eclipse will be visible in the North and South American skies tonight when the Earth’s shadow covers the full moon in an eerie red glow. These “blood moons” occur when...
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Tyrannosaurus Rex arrives via Fed Ex at Smithsonian Museum
Pat Leiggi, administrative director of paleontology and director of exhibits for Museum of the Rockies (center) and Matthew Carrano, curator of Dinosauria, at the Smithsonian Institution National...
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