Apr 22 Watch 8:06 What it takes to save some of the world’s most threatened plant species By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Solveig Rennan According to scientists, 80 percent of the Earth’s living species are unknown to humans. Even as more are identified, more are disappearing — and sometimes, we don’t know what’s being lost until it’s too late. This Earth Day, we begin… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 5:29 Ice sheets in Greenland, Antarctica melting faster than previously thought, research shows By William Brangham, Dorothy Hastings, Shoshana Dubnow New research shows that the massive ice sheets at the top and bottom of our planet are shrinking much faster than previously thought. The international study compiled satellite measurements over time and depict what one researcher described as a "devastating… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch 6:07 Starship test flight ends with explosion, Musk says SpaceX ‘learned a lot’ for next launch By Miles O'Brien, Courtney Norris Thursday, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first test flight of Starship, its 400-foot rocket meant to one day send people to the moon, and eventually, Mars. The most powerful rocket ever built blasted off from its launch base in Texas… Continue watching
Apr 20 U.S. completes old-growth forest inventory, plans to protect woodlands By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Those older forests cover an area larger than California but are under threat by fires, insects, disease and other side-effects of climate change. Continue reading
Apr 20 WATCH: SpaceX’s new giant rocket, Starship, launches and explodes minutes later By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The nearly 400-foot Starship was poised to blast off from the southern tip of Texas Thursday morning. Continue reading
Apr 19 The strange story of Einstein’s brain By Dr. Howard Markel This great mind maintained a realistic outlook on his own mortality. But here’s where the story of his death gets weird. Continue reading
Apr 18 Why tracking these pollution indicators is key after the East Palestine train derailment By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here’s what we know about the fallout of the derailment so far, plus what this disaster can teach us about similar ones that will come after it. Continue reading
Apr 18 T. rex fossil sells for more than $5M at Zurich auction By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Nearly 300 Tyrannosaurus rex bones that were dug up from three sites in the United States and assembled into a single skeleton sold at Tuesday at a Switzerland auction for 4.8 million francs ($5.3 million), below the expected price. Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch 3:26 A Brief But Spectacular take on the future of CRISPR By Ana Davila Jennifer Doudna is a Nobel laureate in chemistry and professor of biochemistry, biophysics and structural biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been a pioneer in CRISPR gene editing and continues to revolutionize research in her field. Doudna… Continue watching
Apr 17 SpaceX calls off 1st launch attempt of 400-foot new rocket By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX has called off its first launch attempt of its giant rocket. Continue reading