Mar 14 Watch 7:52 Two years into the pandemic 'COVID is not done with us' By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas It is now more than two years since the WHO declared the COVID-19 emergency a pandemic, and last week the death toll topped 6 million people worldwide. While the U.S. in many ways appears to have moved into a new… Continue watching
Mar 11 How daylight saving time poses a host of health concerns, according to a neurologist By Beth Ann Malow, The Conversation By altering the body’s internal clock, ‘springing forward’ may contribute to an increase in heart attacks and strokes. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 3:36 Shackleton's ship Endurance discovered after more than 100 years at the bottom of the sea By William Brangham, Karina Cuevas, Ryan Connelly Holmes Off the coast of Antarctica, deep underwater, researchers have discovered the British ship called “Endurance," the vessel that launched one of the most remarkable stories of survival and determination. William Brangham reports. Continue watching
Mar 09 What happened recently at Chernobyl? By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Nuclear experts say there's no imminent danger at the power plant because time and physics are on safety's side. Continue reading
Mar 09 Man who received first transplanted pig heart dies By Lauran Neergaard, Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press A Maryland hospital says the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died. Continue reading
Mar 09 Florida's starving manatees fed 55 tons of lettuce after pollution killed seagrass By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Officials have now fed more than 55 tons of lettuce to starving Florida manatees as part of an experimental program to help the animals since their natural food is being destroyed by water pollution. Continue reading
Mar 09 WATCH: Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's sunken ship found after a century By Associated Press Scientists say they have found the sunken wreck of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance, more than a century after it was lost to the Antarctic ice. Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 4:44 Cow burps are a major contributor to climate change — can scientists change that? By Christopher Booker, Sam Weber Livestock production—primarily cows—produce 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The majority of that is in the form of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is a natural byproduct of how some livestock process food. But as Christopher Booker reports,… Continue watching
Mar 02 UN begins work on treaty to fight global plastic pollution By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press A United Nations panel has agreed to create a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world's oceans, rivers and landscape. Continue reading
Mar 02 Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket will slam into the far side of the moon Friday. Experts think it is from a China launch from 2014, but China is… Continue reading