Nov 16 The new definition of the kilogram will change the way we weigh everything By Vicky Stein On Friday, representatives from 57 nations will gather in a conference room in Versailles, France to redefine the kilogram. In other words: the way we weigh the world is about to change. Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 6:07 Paradise gone, wildfire evacuees faced with rebuilding their lives By Cat Wise In the tally of death and destruction from California's Camp fire, officials confirm that 56 people died, 130 are missing and 8,800 homes have been destroyed in the town of Paradise. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Chico, California, where… Continue watching
Nov 14 Watch 5:47 What's the truth about Zika virus in post-hurricane Puerto Rico? By Beth Murphy At the Zika epidemic's 2016 height, 10 percent of Puerto Rican women were testing positive for the disease. But when Hurricane Maria slammed the island in September 2017, crippling its health care system, the focus shifted to hurricane recovery, and… Continue watching
Nov 14 Climate change has intensified hurricane rainfall, and now we know how much By Julia Griffin Hurricane Harvey wasn’t an outlier. A new study reports that climate change intensified the rains of other recent cyclones by between 4 and 9 percent. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch 8:40 The science behind California's surging wildfires As three major fires blaze in California, we consider some of their causes, both human and meteorological. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien has been filming a NOVA documentary on megafires and witnessed the Camp Fire not long after it began. He… Continue watching
Nov 13 Watch 7:44 After Florence, half of this town was underwater for days. Now residents wonder if they should rebuild. By Cat Wise It’s been nearly two months since Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina and then drenched the state for days, leading to devastating flooding in many inland areas and causing an estimated $17 billion dollars worth of damage. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Nov 12 Why 'mega wildfires' are happening in November By Nsikan Akpan What everyone needs to know about why these fires are spreading so quickly so late in the year, and how to protect your homes and businesses from them. Continue reading
Nov 11 From shell-shock to PTSD, a century of invisible war trauma By MaryCatherine McDonald, Marisa Brandt, Robyn Bluhm, The Conversation We now know that what these combat veterans were facing was likely what today we call post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. We are now better able to recognize it, and treatments have certainly advanced, but we still don’t have a… Continue reading
Nov 10 HHS recommended that the DEA make kratom a Schedule I drug, like LSD or heroin By Ike Swetlitz, STAT The Department of Health and Human Services asserted in a letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration that two chemicals in kratom should be classified as Schedule I substances, meaning that the chemicals have “a high potential for abuse” and that… Continue reading
Nov 08 'Camp Fire' in California still growing, kills 5 people By Joshua Barajas, Nsikan Akpan On Friday, officials announced that five bodies were recovered from vehicles in Paradise, California, a town overcome and destroyed by the fire. The fire, as of now, has swelled to 70,000 acres. Continue reading