Science

Trump's proposed budget would gut Great Lakes cleanup, a 'game-changer' for the region

By Michael D. Regan

Municipalities in the Great Lakes region could lose $300 million in annual federal funding under the budget proposal the White House released on Thursday.

Delicious and nearly extinct, can white abalone be saved?

By Lindsey Hoshaw, KQED

On the brink of extinction, white abalone get another chance inside a Northern California science lab.

How California is preparing for a future full of extreme weather

By Michael Rios

There's no end in sight for California's extreme weather. Gov. Jerry Brown has requested $437 million to prepare for it.

Scientists have discovered 4.2 billion-year-old remnants of the Earth's first crust

By Andrew Wagner

Scientists find 4.2 billion-year-old remnants of the planet’s earliest crust right in our continental backyard.

Trump's budget cuts drastically into science and health programs

By Nsikan Akpan

The White House’s budget proposal for 2018, released Thursday, seeks cuts in science and health agencies across the board. Yet, some budgetary wallets will be lightened more than others.

Typing sentences by simply thinking is possible with new technology

By PBS News Hour

For decades, researchers have worked to find and create more direct connections between the human brain and computers. New groundbreaking technology may now help improve the lives of people who are paralyzed or experience severe limb weakness due to illness…

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How global warming leads to tiny horses and other shrinking mammals

By Nsikan Akpan

Ancient teeth reveal when the Earth gets warmer, mammals shrink consistently in size.

This Pi Day, use math to beat your friends at classic toy games

By Kristin Hugo

On this most circular of pi days, we present three classic toys -- hula hoops, yo-yo's and Connect Four -- and explore their mechanics with mathematicians and physicists.

This insurance company wants to analyze your saliva to predict when you'll die

By Rebecca Robbins, STAT

A life insurance company is turning to the hot, but still unproven, field of epigenetics to try to bet on how long you’re likely to live.

Meet the farm boy from Wales who gave the world 'pi'

By Gareth Ffowc Roberts for The Conversation

One of the most important numbers in maths might today be named after the Greek letter π or “pi”, but the convention of representing it this way actually doesn’t come from Greece at all.