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About Nsikan @MoNscience

Nsikan Akpan is the digital science producer for PBS NewsHour and co-creator of the award-winning, NewsHour digital series ScienceScope.

He holds a doctorate in pathobiology (Columbia University) and is an alum of the science communication program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Nsikan served on the board of the National Association of Science Writers from 2016 to 2019.

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Science Jul 06

Why a goat may stare at you with puppy dog eyes

Goats, like dogs, stare at humans when in need, according to a new study.

Science Jul 05

Juno meets Jupiter, survives radiation shower at north pole

NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived successfully at Jupiter at 11:53 p.m. EDT on Monday.

Science Jun 30

Witness Jupiter’s spooky northern lights

The Hubble telescope, the talisman space observatory, has captured fresh images of Jupiter’s auroras as Juno spacecraft makes its final approach to the planet.

Science Jun 28

Amber fossils tell 99 million-year-old story of unusual baby birds

A pair of 99 million-year-old fossils reveal Cretaceous baby birds with finger claws and adultlike feathers.

Science Jun 16

This computer algorithm might be able to predict the next ISIS attack

Want to stop an ISIS attack? Don’t start with lone wolves, according to new computer analysis of pro-ISIS groups on social media.

Science Jun 15

Mirror-image molecule near Milky Way’s heart gives glimmer of life’s origins

A weird chemical phenomenon called chirality, which is critical for life, has been observed in space for the first time.

Nation Jun 10

Gordie Howe, ‘Mr. Hockey,’ dead at 88

Gordon “Gordie” Howe, professional hockey’s Iron Man, passed away Friday at 88.

Science Jun 09

What a smell looks like

Smells are normally invisible, but this lab in Colorado uses lasers to bring odors to life. The research is part of a nationwide project to build a robot that can smell.

Science Jun 06

Bellies full of microplastic rob baby fish of their basic instincts

European perch stuff themselves with microplastics rather than natural food, derailing their development, according to new research from Sweden.

Nation Jun 03

10 videos to watch from Chicago’s police misconduct investigators

On Friday, Chicago officials publicly released hundreds of videos, audio recordings and other evidence related to 101 police incidents to an online portal. There, anyone could sift through about 300 videos from cases that fell under the jurisdiction…

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