Jul 19 Watch 7:05 Are consumers ready to hit the gas on electric cars? By PBS News Hour Electric cars have a reputation for being a pricey, niche product that only a handful of people would want or could afford. But that reputation is starting to crumble as carmakers promise to put electric vehicles in reach for more… Continue watching
Jul 19 Humans have made 8.3 billion tons of plastic. Where does it all go? By Roni Dengler The plastic debris housed in landfills and natural environments — currently 4.9 billion metric tons — will more than double by 2050, scientists reported Wednesday in Science Advances. Continue reading
Jul 18 House votes to delay Obama-era smog reductions By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press The measure delays by eight more years the implementation of 2015 air pollution standards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama. Continue reading
Jul 18 When did wolves become dogs? New research throws a bone into the debate By Nsikan Akpan Dog domestication wasn't too rough. A new population genetics study from Stony Brook University argues wolves were tamed just once, 40,000 years ago. Continue reading
Jul 15 Pressure mounts for release of federal report after discovery of Asian carp By Michael D. Regan Federal and state officials have renewed calls for the release of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that could offer options to tackle the threat of Asian carp and other invasive species. Continue reading
Jul 13 Cunning ravens can plan ahead, study shows By Teresa Carey Researchers from Sweden have shown for the first time that an animal other than a human or an ape can plan for an event beyond the current moment. Continue reading
Jul 13 Column: Why aren’t we allowed to fix our own electronic devices? By Sara Behdad, The Conversation Users’ right to repair – or to pay others to fix – objects they own is in jeopardy, writes mechanical and aerospace engineer Sara Behdad. Continue reading
Jul 13 CRISPR used to store images and a movie inside living bacteria By Hyacinth Empinado, STAT Forget iTunes or your old zipper case of DVDs. How about storing movies in a Petri dish of E. coli? All you need is some genetic engineering with CRISPR. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 8:26 One of the biggest icebergs ever just broke off Antarctica. Here’s what scientists want to know. By PBS News Hour A huge iceberg -- twice as large as Lake Erie -- has broken away from the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, an event that researchers have been anticipating for months. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Jul 12 Here are Juno’s first closeup photos of the Great Red Spot By Nsikan Akpan Less than 48 hours ago, NASA's Juno spacecraft got its first up-close-and-personal view with Jupiter's Great Red Spot, and today, the space agency has released photos from the flyby. Continue reading