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New report suggests Earth on the brink of a great extinction
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Plant and animal extinctions are happening at a rate 1000 times greater than before humans walked the Earth. This according to new research published...
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Harsh space winds diminish hopes for life on red-dwarf planets
An artist’s conception of a planet, with two moons, orbiting a red dwarf star. Image by NASA/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics/D. Aguilar Space winds in the habitable zones of the most common...
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Robotic dinosaur could outrun Usain Bolt
Velociraptor-inspired robot, designed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, uses Achilles tendons to absorb shock and a “tail” to give it balance. Photo courtesy KAIST/Youtube...
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Looks like there’s a party in deep space and Hubble’s got the photos
This is a composite image showing the visible and near-infrared light spectrum collected from the Hubble Space Telescope over a 10-year period. Image Credit: NASA/ESA If a tractor full of confetti was...
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Gravitational waves discovery may flatline under new analysis
Scientists at BICEP2 believed they had found gravitational waves, “smoking gun” evidence of the universe’s rapid expansion after the Big Bang. But there is new evidence that what they found was really...
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More than 300 species discovered in Southeast Asia
A total of 367 new species have been discovered in Southeast Asia, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Foundation. The species — which include 290 plants, 28 reptiles, 24 fish, 21...
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Koalas are treehuggers because it’s cool
Photo courtesy of Pixaby user PixelAnarchy Koalas make coo-worthy photos when they cuddle up to Australia’s trees, where they live. But trees are more than shelter to the arboreal marsupials....
View ArticleForget the queen: bees and humans work together without a leader
Queen bees have no authority. Bee colonies are complex social systems, but they work together without a leader, says entomologist Gene Robinson at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. So how...
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Rats regret their decisions, study finds
“Forty-five minute wait? Rats! I should have made reservations.” Photo by Flickr user Rebecca Lai We bemoan our decisions when we get a bad deal or miss out. New research published in the journal...
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Suffocating cells for science
Moh El-Naggar, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Southern California, holds a chip containing bacteria cells that are the basis for much of his team’s research on how microbes move...
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Innovative research focuses on family role of overlooked dads
The Balthazard Family around 1900. Photo by Flickr user Diane CordellPsychologists often focus on role of mothers in children’s development. Writer Paul Raeburn asks: when it comes to raising children,...
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7 questions to ask before you eat that shrimp
Where’d you get that shrimp? Knowing where your seafood comes from and how it was raised is crucial for sustaining the ocean’s marine life. Photo by U.S. government Oceans produce half the world’s...
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World’s largest ocean may lie below the ocean floor
A study in Science reveals that a massive reservoir of water — in its molecular form — may lie hundreds of miles below the earth’s surface and may hold more water than the earth’s oceans. I spoke with...
View ArticleNew analysis focuses on pollution as global killer
Pollution causes three times as many deaths as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined, according to a Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP) analysis released this week. In a press...
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Dinosaurs were neither cold-blooded nor warm-blooded, study says
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. New research sheds light on dinosaur metabolism. Photo by Flickr user Erin Blatzer Just like the bowl of porridge in...
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Obama seeks to protect Pacific Ocean by creating world’s largest marine preserve
Photo by Flickr user Michael Hohimer WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is looking to create the largest marine preserve in the world by protecting a massive stretch of the Pacific Ocean from...
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Nobel Prize-winning prototype microchip arrives in New York for auction
Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images A piece of computing history has arrived in New York, and is up for auction on Thursday. The artifact is a 1958 prototype microchip, used by Jack Kilby of Texas...
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Scientists zero in on what’s causing starfish die-offs
Video by Katie Campbell/Earthfix. Laura James also contributed to the video Starfish are dying by the millions up and down the West Coast, leading scientists to warn of the possibility of localized...
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Can Obama’s Pacific Ocean sanctuary plan balance environmental and economic...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: The president used the power of executive authority again today, this time to protect a wider expanse of the central Pacific Ocean. RELATED LINKSMysterious...
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Architects, engineers compete to save the New York coastline
One of the winning proposals for the Rebuild By Design competition involves a park along the lower tip of Manhattan with raised berms for flood protection that also serves as a park. Image courtesy...
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