Apr 10 Quiz: How much do you know about your internet privacy? By Rhana Natour We made a quiz to test your knowledge. Continue reading
Apr 09 Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor By Fedor Kossakovski Invented by a Baltimore local, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected more than 1.5 million pounds of garbage since May 2014. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 1:54 Kenya racing to preserve rhino subspecies after last white male died By Zachary Green After the world's last male northern white rhino died in Kenya two weeks ago, scientists are hoping in vitro fertilization with the last two females can save the subspecies from extinction. The government is also using the rhino’s death as… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 4:32 How a self-taught fossil hunter made his biggest discovery By Pamela Kirkland In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, this self-taught paleontologist has been looking for dinosaurs in creek beds and rivers for more than 30 years, and has become something of a legend in the field. Then, outside a NASA… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 5:48 Can solar energy speed Puerto Rico's recovery? Here's what it would take By Nsikan Akpan It’s been just over six months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and roughly 150,000 people still do not have power. A string of grassroots efforts aims to jumpstart the grid with solar energy. Science producer Nsikan Akpan explains… Continue watching
Apr 04 Places with legal marijuana issue fewer opioid prescriptions, large studies find By Kate Sheridan, STAT An analysis of more than five years of Medicare Part D and Medicaid prescription data found that after states legalized weed, the number of opioid prescriptions and the daily dose of opioids went way down. Continue reading
Apr 01 Large crack in East African Rift is evidence of continent splitting in two By Lucia Perez Diaz, The Conversation A large crack, stretching several kilometres, made a sudden appearance recently in south-western Kenya. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 6:27 Cape Town drought is a global harbinger, says NASA scientist Factors like population growth, income inequality and climate change have exacerbated water related issues around the world. Abuse and depletion of the natural resource has led to instability and violence in places like Iran, Syria and Bangladesh as well as… Continue watching
Mar 30 What to do if this Chinese space station crashes into your house this weekend By Nsikan Akpan Though chances of a human collision are low, here's what to do if the Tiangong-1 lands near you -- and how you'd sue for damages. Continue reading
Mar 30 These 3D-printed homes could provide shelter to the world's most vulnerable people By Rashmi Shivni These 3D-printed homes can be built in under 24 hours for as low as $4,000. They're designed to help solve the world's homelessness and housing problems. Continue reading