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WATCH: This machine turns human waste into water
Image courtesy of Jack Hagley, Infographic Designer. If the entire world’s population were represented by 100 people, 13 of them would not have access to safe water, according to this graphic that...
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Hubble’s new high-definition pic shows Pillars of Creation fading away and...
NASA’s Hubble Telescope has snapped a new photo of the iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula 6,500 light years away. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team In 1995, the Hubble Telescope snapped...
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You can read a star’s age by its spin
Astronomers have determined that they can read a star’s age by how quickly it is spinning. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center It turns out, like us, stars slow down in their old age. That...
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Photo essay: The bizarre, brilliant and useful inventions of Cuban DIY engineers
Long walled off from world trade and modern technology, Cuba has developed a robust culture of DIY engineers who turn household items into useful inventions. Water pump motors propel bicycles, clothes...
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How communism turned Cuba into an island of hackers and DIY engineers
A fan made from a boat propeller, an old washing machine motor and welded steel rods in El Gabriel, Cuba. Photo by Edel Rodriguez. See more photos of Cuban inventions here. Just outside Havana, in the...
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Climate change and fertilizer runoff spell bad news for Lake Erie
Eden Rogers, 13, uses a stick to try and scoop algae off the shoreline of lake Erie near Oregon, Ohio on August 3, 2014. Photo by Ty Wright/ The Washington Post It’s been a rough four years for Lake...
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While the drone industry grows faster than the flick of a joystick,...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: If you feel like you’re hearing a lot about drones these days, well, that’s because interest in them is booming. Last night, we showed you how they’re...
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Monarch butterflies could get endangered species status
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Every year, millions of North American monarch butterflies head south for the winter in one of the insect world’s most fantastic feats. But as you’ve...
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Re-examined fossils reveal motorboat-sized marine reptile once swam in...
An artist’s depiction of Dearcmhara shawcrossi, as it swam in the warm seas around Scotland 170 million years ago. Image from University of Edinburgh / Todd Marshall. No, it’s not the mythical Loch...
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Here’s another reason to worry about your baby’s nap schedule
Research shows babies learn best right before a nap. Photo by Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that babies who took an extended...
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Politics delayed Al Gore’s favorite satellite for 10 years, but in two weeks,...
The Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite is scheduled to launch on January 29, 2015. It will orbit between the Earth and the Sun a million miles away, monitoring space weather and taking images of...
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Obama administration announces goal to rein in methane leaks
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSColorado fracking fuels fight between state and local government over control Unlikely partners work to make fracking safer Climate talks in Lima: What did...
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Photo essay: Scientists build a tower as tall as the Chrysler building in the...
A view is seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma in the middle of the Amazon forest in Amazonas state January 10, 2015. Photo by Bruno Kelly/Reuters Last August,...
View ArticleHow science sprung from the depths of the disposable baby diaper
Courtesy McGovern Institute for Brain Research/MIT For a parent, the diaper has a short life and a simple mission. Once removed from the baby’s bottom and disposed of in the diaper pail, the typical...
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Despite polar vortex, 2014 is warmest year on record
The majority of earth’s land and water mass is either warmer than average, much warmer than average or hitting a record warm. Image courtesy of NOAA/NCDC. Though most of the United States still shivers...
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Missing Mars probe Beagle 2 found after 11 years
This annotated image shows where features seen in an observation by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have been interpreted as hardware from the Dec. 25, 2003, arrival at Mars of the United Kingdom’s...
View ArticleSpaceX releases video of rocket’s spectacular crash landing
On Monday, we told you about SpaceX’s failed attempted to recover and reuse Falcon 9, the 14-story rocket that launches supply capsules into space. This was the rocket that helped deliver the...
View ArticleIn the Alaskan tundra, scientists dig up dirt on future climate change
Short grasses and plants growing near the Arctic Circle absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As they die, the carbon-rich plant matter is pushed into the soil, where it freezes. In warmer...
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Only a little bit hotter, but 2014’s record temperatures continue long-term...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSPeru shields an ancient city of sand from strong storms Peru’s indigenous people call for protections against environmental threats How soil and squirrels...
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Study: Polar bears seek new habitats further north
A polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska in a March 2007 file photo. Recent findings from a study of mating and movement behaviors...
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