Dec 23 WATCH: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spews glowing lava as it erupts again By Associated Press Lava began bubbling Monday through the crust of one of the world's most active volcanoes. Continue reading
Dec 23 AI-assisted wildlife surveillance is ‘urgently needed,’ new paper shows By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press AI-assisted wildlife surveillance is “urgently needed” as some 28 percent of all plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, according to a paper published in the academic journal Science this summer. Continue reading
Dec 22 Characters in Disney’s ‘Moana’ use the stars just like real Polynesian explorers. An astronomer explains how By Christopher Palma, The Conversation Polynesian navigators used the stars to sail across the ocean, Disney’s ‘Moana’ movies help those of us who have never sailed at night to understand the methods of celestial navigation. Continue reading
Dec 22 NASA prepares for Parker Solar Probe to make its closest-ever approach to the sun By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 to get a close-up look at the sun. Plans call for the NASA spacecraft on Tuesday to hurtle through the sizzling solar atmosphere and pass within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 4:00 Conservation groups try to save tiny deer in the Florida Keys from a warming planet By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin A type of white-tailed deer unique to the Florida Keys has been on the endangered species list for nearly 60 years. Only about 800 Key deer remain, and their habitat is under growing threat from rising sea levels. William Brangham… Continue watching
Dec 20 The biggest science stories that lit up our world in 2024 By Nicola Jones, Knowable Magazine A look at some of the most notable research-related events and discoveries of 2024, as well as a few studies and policy moves that will play out in the coming year. Continue reading
Dec 20 New research says people arrived in Americas much earlier and co-existed with giant sloths and mastodons By Christina Larson, Associated Press New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought. Continue reading
Dec 18 Why some people can get away with only a little sleep every night By Marla Broadfoot, Knowable Magazine Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us. Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 6:10 U.S. astronauts stranded in space face another delay before they can return to Earth By Geoff Bennett, Miles O'Brien, Karina Cuevas A pair of NASA astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station since June will have to wait a little longer to come back to Earth. NASA says astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams won’t return now until… Continue watching
Dec 17 Can’t tell if you’ve spotted a drone or a plane? There are clues to help tell the difference By John Seewer, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press Experts say if you're trying to determine whether that's a drone in the sky, you should look at how it moves and listen to the sounds it makes. Continue reading