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Study: Large galaxies swallow up smaller ones to survive
At 2.5 billion light-years away, the galaxy Andromeda, our galaxy’s largest neighbor, is set to collide and absorb The Milky Way in 5 billion years. Credit: GALEX, JPL-Caltech, NASA Large galaxies...
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Man on Mars? NASA’s Maven spacecraft explores the possibility
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Later tonight the NASA MAVEN spacecraft is expected to complete a 10-month voyage to Mars. Once it’s placed into orbit, NASA scientists plan to gather...
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China, U.S. and India push world carbon output to record levels
Smoke stacks from the NRG power plant outside of Jewett, Tx. AP Photo/Nick SimoniteWASHINGTON — Spurred chiefly by China, the United States and India, the world spewed far more carbon pollution into...
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Scientists look to increase crop production by speeding up photosynthesis
Scientists have genetically engineered a tobacco plant with enzymes from blue-green algae that would increase the speed of the plant’s photosynthesis, allowing for better yields. Photo by Flickr user...
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What is biohacking and why should we care?
“Biohacker” Dave Asprey demonstrates a headband that he claims electrically stimulates blood to reach the front of the brain to improve cognition. Photo by Jason Lelchuk The big question about...
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National Institute of Health will examine ‘effect of sex’ in preclinical testing
New funding from the National Institute of Health will allow 82 research projects to add the number of female cells to their projects and examine the “effect of sex” in preclinical testing. Photo by...
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Sharks could help hospitals prevent dangerous germ transmission
The prospect of catching germs while at the hospital sounds about as pleasing as a run-in with a shark in the ocean. However, those aquatic predators — or at least their skin — may be the key in...
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Hackers breach biology to transform life into building material
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWhat is biohacking and why should we care? Scientists look to increase crop production by speeding up photosynthesis GMO debate grows over golden rice in...
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Can developed and developing nations unite on climate and energy issues? –...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSObama: U.S. part of climate problem, but all nations need to work on it Where does the global community stand on climate change action? Making sense of...
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‘Nobody gets a pass’ on climate change, says Obama at U.N. summit – Part 1
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSObama: U.S. part of climate problem, but all nations need to work on it Where does the global community stand on climate change action? Making sense of...
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Will cancer-sniffing dogs lose their jobs to a machine?
At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, Ffoster, a Labrador retriever, is hard at work. The dog sniffs furiously at an array of metal boxes containing blood samples mounted on a metal wheel, pauses by one...
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India becomes first Asian nation to put spacecraft in Mars’ orbit
India’s space agency successfully sent a spacecraft into Mars’ orbit on Wednesday. India’s low cost spacecraft mission to Mars entered the Red Planet’s orbit Wednesday, following a 414 million mile...
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India’s low-budget space program may offer lesson for U.S. – Part 2
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSMan on Mars? NASA’s Maven spacecraft explores the possibility Is India’s space program worth the money? Discoveries from NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ Rover’s mission...
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Indians beam with pride over successful — and cheap — Mars mission – Part 1
Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Now let’s turn to a space story that captured the world’s attention today, as India claims a triumph in its first mission to Mars. Hari Sreenivasan has the story. HARI...
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Drones to soar into movie making with new FAA permits
The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to grant permits to allow drone use in movie and television production. Photo by Flickr user Don McCullough WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation...
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Marine preserve to become world’s largest in new expansion
A green sea turtle swims in the waters of Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, one of the areas covered under the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. An expansion to the preserve,...
View Article6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Alaska
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View ArticleDissolving part of the brain for a clearer look at its wiring
Every brain movement and thought zips between neurons like the current that moves through the wires and circuits in a computer. But the brain is covered with a white tissue, making it impossible for...
View ArticleIrish teens win Google science fair with bacteria-enhanced plant growth
Irish 16-year-olds Ciara Judge, Sophie Healy-Thow and Emer Hickey won Google’s 2014 Science Fair with their project “Combating the Global Food Crisis: Diazotroph Bacteria as a cereal crop growth...
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Expanding marine sanctuary is meant to save ocean from mass extinction
Coral reefs near Jarvis Island. The reefs are part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, which President Obama pledged to expand and protect from fishing and drilling. Courtesy Jim...
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