Arts Jul 31 Flood-displaced musicians perform ‘Smile’ at RockyGrass music fest The town of Lyons, Colorado, rebuilt the RockyGrass Music Festival grounds after they were destroyed in a flood in 2013. But many of the town's musicians have not been able to return to their homes. A group of homeless musicians…
Science Jul 30 Watch asteroids pummel the Earth in its first 500 million years Earth got pretty beat up in its first 500 million years. Scientists recreated thousands of asteroid strikes over 4 billion years ago. Those asteroids shaped the planet's crust, and may have contributed to the rise of life on Earth.
Science Jul 24 Making a cheaper, cleaner diesel fuel to do industry’s heavy lifting Diesel can be made from just about any carbon-based source, but the process can be expensive and wasteful. Chemists are working on new methods to fix that.
World Jul 18 What we know — and don’t know — about the Malaysia Airlines crash There is still a lot we don’t know about the events that led to the takedown of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that killed 298 people Thursday. President Barack Obama briefed reporters Friday with the latest information. We have rounded…
Science Jul 17 Even healthy corals have herpes, so what’s making them sick? Even healthy corals carry viruses, like herpes. Are these viruses making them sick? Science Nation explores the microorganisms that are killing coral reefs around the world.
Science Jul 16 First steps of a baby Stegosaurus, captured in 3-D A baby stegosaurus' first steps 150 million years ago can now be modeled in 3D with a few clicks on a camera phone. The technology makes studying dinosaur footprints cheap and easy.
Science Jul 11 How math is growing more strawberries in California Growing strawberries takes water, sunshine, soil...and math. Mathematicians are helping farmers in the Parajo Valley grow more berries using less water with the power of numbers.
Science Jul 10 Russian physicist brothers plan to resurrect Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower The 20th century visionary competed with Thomas Edison and had a long list of inventions to his name: the Tesla coil, alternating current electricity, an electric motor, radio, X-rays and envisioning of the first smartphone technology in 1901.
Science Jul 08 Scientific journal Nature retracts controversial stem cell papers Last week, the scientific journal Nature retracted two papers which claimed that skin cells could be turned into stem cells.