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How studying insects may lead to smarter drones
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Aviation technology continues to evolve, and in recent years, there’s been a big push by both private companies and the military to make more...
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Nepal gets a piece of Pluto plus four new surprises from New Horizons
Pluto’s heart is filled with frozen carbon monoxide. The location of the frozen gas is marked by the blue outline. Photo by NASA/APL/SwRI “I think the solar system saved the best for last.” That’s how...
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Consumer drones interfere with CA firefighting efforts
Los Angeles county firefighters battle a wildfire in Wrightwood, California, July 17, 2015. The blaze is one of several recent California wildfires in which firefighting efforts have been disrupted by...
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Russian billionaire and Stephen Hawking announce $100 million search for aliens
A new ambitious search might be able to detect signs of extraterrestrial life as far away as Andromeda Galaxy, which is 2.5 million lights years from our Milky Way. Photo by GALEX, JPL-Caltech, NASA...
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To find life in the universe, a new initiative to help us hear the signals
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: The search for signs of intelligent life in the universe may have been a fruitless one so far, but the effort got a major boost today with a new initiative...
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Mediterranean whales bear the brunt of industry’s historic toxins
A fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus, in the Mediterranean Sea. These whales contain seven times the amount of the toxic chemical DDT than the same whales in the Atlantic Ocean two decades ago,...
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This lab is like CSI … for endangered wildlife
After the FBI refused to devote its forensics expertise to solving wildlife poaching and trafficking cases, the world’s only lab for solving wildlife crimes was built in Oregon. Video by EarthFixMedia...
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NASA’s Kepler telescope finds the closest copy of Earth to date
A newly discovered exoplanet, Kepler-452b, comes the closest of any found so far to matching our Earth-sun system. This artist’s conception of a planetary lineup shows habitable-zone planets with...
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Could these new eye drops cure cataracts?
A new study reports a natural compound that can clear up cataracts. Photo by WIN-Initiative/Getty Images. If you live long enough, chances are you’ll get cataracts. Cataracts, a condition in which the...
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Meet three scientists behind the Pluto mission
Shortly after the July 14 flyby of Pluto and its moons, we spoke with three members of the New Horizons mission team: Alice Bowman, the mission operations manager, and Cathy Olkin and Kimberly...
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Running elk ragged just to get their antlers
A growing number people head out to wild places in search of the antlers that elk and deer shed. Some of those collectors harass these animals to death by chasing them down with ATVs. Video by...
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New Horizons mission spots a hazy silhouette and flowing glaciers on Pluto
False color photo of Pluto, including latitude and longitude lines. Photo by NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI It’s been a busy week for NASA. On Monday, the Deep Space Climate Observatory unveiled a new “Blue Marble”...
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Fiat Chrysler announces recall after hackers gain control of moving car
The Jeep logo is seen on the steering wheel of a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee at a car dealership in New Jersey, July 24, 2015. Fiat Chrysler will recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States to...
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Study suggests Japan falsified whale hunting data during the 1960s
A whale is seen lying on a Japanese research whaling ship on the northwestern Pacific Ocean in this picture taken August 1, 2000. Japanese whaling fleets are accused of falsifying catch and kill...
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This chicken vaccine makes its virus more dangerous
Marek’s disease virus is fatal for industrialized chickens, especially baby chicks. A new study shows the vaccines for Marek’s disease give the virus an evolutionary boost. Photo by Christopher...
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How do ants synchronize to move really big stuff?
A foraging longhorn crazy ant often encounters food items that are considerably larger than herself (a Cheerio in this case). A new study explains how the ant groups keep direction while moving “giant”...
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What makes this monkey red in the face?
Red Uakari (Cacajao calvus ucayalii) sleeping showing pale eyelids. Photo by Mark Bowler/via Getty Images Why the red face, bald uakari monkey? Are you hot? Are you embarrassed that your Amazonian...
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Why we’re drawn to fizzy drinks
Gin and tonic. Photo by Nathan Blaney/ Getty Images Snap-click, ahh, gulp. It’s a familiar sound at a barbecue, an ingredient in summertime nostalgia. Who doesn’t crave a fizzy drink on a hot summer...
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8 things you didn’t know about humidity
A sunflower field and a tree at sunset. Photo Janet Kopper / Getty Images It’s a T-shirt kind of day in Washington, DC: 85 degrees with 63 percent humidity. We all know those numbers mean hot, but what...
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Times have changed for women at work, but office temperatures are stuck in...
Current guidelines used to set most building temperatures are out of date, according to a new study. Image by Neil Webb / Getty Images The thermostat battle claims many victims in the modern office....
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