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To Kill Parasites, Fruit Flies Self Medicate With Alcohol
Fruit flies seek out alcohol as a drug to kill parasites. Video by Emory University.Infected fruit flies turn to alcohol to self medicate, a new study shows. It's no secret that fruit flies are fond...
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Ballots of Yore: A History Lesson in Voting Technology
Last Thursday, science correspondent Miles O'Brien explored the benefits and drawbacks of online voting. If you can shop and bank online, why not vote that way, he asks. Turns out there are plenty of...
View ArticleUpper Big Branch Miners' Families 'Encouraged' by Prosecutors' Moves
Listen to the AudioWest Virginia mine safety officials on Thursday issued 253 violations against Massey Energy in their final report on the 2010 Upper Big Branch mining disaster that killed 29 men....
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Just Ask: Could Sonar Be Responsible for Cape Cod Dolphin Strandings?
Nearly 180 dolphins have been found stranded this winter on the shores of Cape Cod. Image by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.Last week, we posted a story on the unusually high number of...
View ArticleThe Healing Power of Music
Listen to the AudioAn unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot....
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When the Ocean Gets Choppy, Corals Clone
A team of Australian scientists have that corals can clone in a similar way that humans eggs split to create identical twins. A team of Australian scientists have that corals can clone in a similar way...
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Coral Sex Just Got a Little More Interesting
Coral eggs are rich in waxy fat, which provides energy during development, and buoyancy, helping them float to the ocean surface during spawning. Photo by Heyward & Negri, AIMSOnce a year, shortly...
View ArticleDeadly Tornadoes Symptomatic of Strong 'Transition Season' Weather
Listen to the AudioTwo Indiana towns were heavily damaged Friday as another round of deadly tornadoes raked the Midwest. Jeffrey Brown discusses the violent weather with Maj. Chuck Adams of the Clark...
View ArticleHans 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 ArticleSnow, Cold Hinder Midwest's Recovery Efforts After Tornadoes
Listen to the AudioThe National Weather Service confirmed 51 tornadoes across 11 states from Friday into early Saturday, from the Great Lakes spreading south of the Gulf Coast and as far east as...
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Plants Boldly Go Where They've Never Gone Before
The interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Map allows users to view the plants most likely to thrive in any U.S. region. Image by United States Department of Agriculture. Chihuahuan desert plants like...
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O No! Climate Change Shortens Canada's Pond Hockey Season
The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, the world's largest natural frozen skating rink, had to close before March 1 this year, making its skating season a short 28 days; Flickr photo courtesy National...
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Endangered Animals Say 'Cheese' for Nature Photographer
EmbedVideo(2856, 482, 304); For most portrait photographers, odds that their subjects will defecate in front of them, rip their backdrops or charge at the camera tend to be low.But that's just a day's...
View ArticleOregon Farmers Surprised to Find Fish in Fields
Listen to the AudioResearchers in Oregon's Willamette Valley found young native fish thriving in ditches that fill with water during the winter months. The unrecognized habitat meant farmers had been...
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Tracking Japan's Tsunami Debris
Using historical weather patterns, NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory developed this model of how debris will circulate across the Pacific Ocean.Although a year has passed since Japan's tsunami...
View ArticleNear Fukushima, a Big 'Guessing Game' Over Radiation's Long-Term Risks
Listen to the AudioSunday marks a year since a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, causing a partial meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plants. In the first report in a series on...
View ArticleFukushima Survivor: 'I've Hardly Smiled This Whole Year'
Listen to the AudioCarl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima plant when the earthquake hit. Describing the "demonic" sounds he heard and the pit of fear he felt inside the turbine...
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Fukushima Survivor: I Want 'To Breathe Freely Again'
EmbedVideo(2889, 482, 304);Nuclear technician Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima nuclear power plant when an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan's eastern coast and triggered a...
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In Japan, Nuclear Cleanup May Be Mission:Impossible
EmbedVideo(2900, 482, 304); In the second installment of a three-part series on Japan's recovery, Miles O'Brien reports on Japanese residents who are struggling to clean up contaminated farms, roads...
View ArticleAfter 500 Years in Family, Rice Farmers Forced Off Land by Fukushima
Listen to the AudioOne year after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, the country is still trying to recover and decontaminate land and buildings from partial meltdowns of three Fukushima nuclear...
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