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Demand for super-sized clams keeps poachers and cops busy
“When you’re harvesting geoducks, it’s like picking up $20 bills,” says Bob Sizemore, WDFW geoduck research scientist. Photo by Laura James/EarthFix/KCTS9 Of all the shellfish that sell on the black...
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The genetic myth that textbooks get wrong
Photo by Dorling Kindersley / Getty Images Roll it, flip it, fold it and even mold it into a squiggle. Your tongue can be an acrobat, regardless of whether your parents are capable of the same tricks....
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Wildlife detectives bust shellfish poachers in Washington state
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next, when you hear the word poaching, you might think of trophy hunters killing big game in Africa. But millions of dollars are made in an illegal trade...
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5 weapons that don’t need a human to pull the trigger
The Phalanx close-in weapons system, seen here aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, is essentially a large machine gun that can detect and automatically destroy anything coming its way. U.S....
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Why don’t we ever see the far side of the moon?
An image of the dark side of the moon – the side of the moon never visible to Earth – taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera. Photo by NASA. NASA this week released photographs of the far...
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Why radiation can’t give you superpowers
In Marvel’s comic book Fantastic Four, a radiation blast yields superhuman powers. The blockbuster reboot of the Fantastic Four flamed out this weekend, pulling in a meager $26 million at the U.S. box...
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The heart rates of black bears spike when drones fly overhead
Black bear (Ursus americanus). Photo by Jim Bounds/Raleigh News & Observer via Getty Images Does the buzz of a drone overhead make you nervous? Does it strike fear in your heart? You’re not alone....
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Is diet soda any healthier than regular soda?
Photo by Flickr user Brandonw365 People can’t get enough information about artificial sweeteners. Do they help you diet? Do they make you fat? Are they healthier than sugar? Are they healthy? Six...
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Photos: It’s not too late to view the amazing Perseid light show
Perseid meteors streak across the sky over Inegol district of Bursa, Turkey on August 12, 2015. Photo by Saban Kilicci/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The annual Perseid meteor shower lit up the sky...
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See the spectacular light show of this year’s Perseid meteor shower
Watch VideoIn our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that caught our eye recently on the web. What about you? Leave your suggestions in the comments below, or tweet to @NewsHour using...
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Why California’s fires are burning longer and harder
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Twelve thousand firefighters are battling 14 active wildfires in California, and the state, which is in its fourth year of drought, is on track to have one...
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Twin typhoons march toward Southeast Asia and Japan
Typhoons Goni and Atsani. Photo by earth.nullschool.net Two typhoons are chugging toward Southeast Asia, and though their final course isn’t set, one could skim Taiwan or the northern Philippines with...
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When patients live far from care, video conferencing can be a palliative...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: People facing life-threatening illnesses often turn to palliative care, not only to address their pain, but also to navigate end-of-life choices. It’s...
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8 things you didn’t know about Orville Wright
The first flight photo, 10:35 a.m. December 17, 1903, showing the Wright 1903 Flyer just after lift off from the launching dolly at Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville Wright is at the...
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Keeping up with the Joneses, Neolithic Scotland edition
Activity in the trenches at the Ness of Brodgar dig site in July 2015. Excavation this year was extended to eight weeks with funding from an anonymous donor. Photo by Robert Scarth. KIRKWALL, Scotland...
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Satellite spots an unexpected result of Middle East conflict
Downhill city skyline of Karaj near Tehran, Iran. Photo by Germán Vogel/via Getty Images If there is any sort of silver lining to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, it may come in the form of...
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150 years on, meet the prolific pioneer who brought us the movie projector
Charles Francis Jenkins, the inventor of the motion picture projector, is seen here in 1928. Jenkins was born 148 years ago on Aug. 22. Photo by Underwood & Underwood from the Library of Congress...
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Will 3D printing in space allow us to build new worlds?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Now to our weekly feature Brief But Spectacular. Tonight, we hear from Jason Dunn of Made In Space, a company based out of Singularity University, the...
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How ‘killing’ Pluto redefined the solar system
A photo of Pluto (center) and it’s moons Charon, Nix and Hydra (left to right) in 2006, the year that the planet was demoted and the New Horizons mission was launched. Photo by NASA, ESA, Harold Weaver...
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Oil innovators see opportunity amid record low prices
Watch VideoGWEN IFILL: Finally tonight, a different look at the oil industry. As we see record lows in crude prices, small oil companies are looking for big opportunities. Leigh Paterson of Inside...
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