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Rejected Keystone XL Pipeline Project at Top of Congress' Agenda
Capitol dome; file photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty ImagesCongress got back to work this week, kind of. The House convened late Tuesday evening, conducted one day of legislative business on Wednesday...
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Bird Flu Studies Temporarily Paused, Journals Announce
Last year, questions were raised over how much research on the dangerous H5N1 virus -- or avian flu -- should be published in scientific journals. H1N1 is not yet transmissible among humans, though...
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Marcia Coyle: Court Moves 'Carefully' to Balance Rights in GPS Ruling
The Supreme Court's decision Monday -- saying police must have a warrant before attaching a GPS tracker to vehicles -- shows the court "wants to move carefully" in weighing the privacy rights of...
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Solar Storm Swipes Earth, But No Immediate Damage
On Sunday, a gigantic solar flare erupted from out of the sun and began charging toward Earth at millions of miles an hour. This was a coronal mass ejection, which describes balls of gas consisting of...
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How Do You Spot a Black Hole? Look for Its 'Burp'
EmbedVideo(2541, 482, 304); Last week, a team of astronomers met in Arizona to discuss ambitious plans to see the unseeable. Using data pulled from a group of ground-based telescopes and assembled by...
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Electronic Tissue Monitors Brain, Heart and Muscles
Scientists are trying to develop tissue-like electronics that conform better to human organs. Elastic electronics, they call it. John Rogers, professor of material science and engineering at the...
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Experts Weigh in on Bird Flu Research
Pigeons are seen eating on a street in Hong Kong on January 6, 2012. Photo by Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images.Earlier this month, the scientists who altered the H5N1 virus to create a more contagious...
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Hans Rosling Brings Life, Humor, Sword-Swallowing to Global Health Statistics
Listen to the AudioHans Rosling, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, visualizes global health trends and population numbers -- transforming dry poverty and development statistics into Internet...
View Article'A Flintstone Moment': Mammoth Amount of Ice Age Fossils Found in Colorado
Listen to the AudioWednesday's "NOVA" looks at an unexpected discovery near a Rocky Mountain ski resort: thousands of bones from ice age mammals, including mammoths, ground sloths and mastodons. Hari...
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In Earthquakes, 'Liquefied' Ground Can Topple Buildings, Swallow Cars
A suburban street is covered with silt forced out of the ground by liquefaction on February 24, 2011 after a 6.3 earthquake devastated the city of Christchurch two days earlier. Photo by AFP/Getty...
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Hunter's Moons: Astronomers Use Kepler Spacecraft to Search for Exomoons
An artist's conception of an exoplanet hosting smaller moons. Image by David A. Aguilar/ CfA. Astronomers have discovered a trove of exoplanets--more than 700 worlds in orbit around distant stars,...
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Russians Drill Into Ancient Lake in Coldest Spot on Earth
After decades drilling through more than two miles of ice in the coldest spot on Earth, Russian scientists announced this week that they reached their goal: a subglacial lake the size of Lake Ontario,...
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Animated Map Plots One Year of Quakes
Updated: Feb. 14| We recently stumbled on this animated map that plots 2011's biggest earthquakes.*Each circle represents an earthquake -- the bigger the circle, the greater the magnitude. The line...
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Broken Heart Syndrome: Yes, It's Real
Photo by Flickr user bored-now.Sherry Hollingsworth nearly collapsed at her aunt's funeral. The death itself had rattled her, but not nearly as much as the chest pressure that struck that day and the...
View ArticlePoet Tony Hoagland Explores Differences in Species' 'Romantic Moments'
Listen to the AudioIn honor of Valentine's Day, poet Tony Hoagland reads "Romantic Moment" -- a poem about a man and woman who have just watched a nature documentary on a date, and how their...
View ArticleDebating the Safety, Wisdom of New Nuclear Reactors in Georgia
Listen to the AudioA construction site in Georgia is slated to house the nation's first new commercial nuclear reactors in decades. Jeffrey Brown discusses the controversial Plant Vogtle facility and...
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Marine Experts Flummoxed by Mass Dolphin Strandings
Scientists and volunteers respond to stranded dolphins on the shores of Cape Cod. Video by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.Since January 12, 179 dolphins have been found stranded on the...
View ArticleInternet Voting: Will Democracy or Hackers Win?
Listen to the AudioWhile it seems like everything can be done online these days, that's not actually the case when it comes to elections. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien explores the security,...
View Article50 Years Later, Astronaut John Glenn Recounts His Historic Mission in Space
Listen to the AudioFifty years ago, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, despite numerous glitches. Judy Woodruff and Glenn discuss how the historic mission changed...
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Climate Expert Assumed False Identity to Obtain Documents
Photo by Getty Images. Fallout over internal memos that were leaked from the conservative Heartland Institute rattled the climate world again this week, when a climate researcher confessed to lying in...
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