May 09 Nuclear waste tunnel collapses at Hanford site in Washington state By Anna King and Courtney Flatt, Northwest Public Radio Officials were concerned about contamination in soil covering railroad tunnels near the Plutonium Uranium Extraction Plant cleanup site. Continue reading
May 08 Can't resist candy? You may have this mutation By Nsikan Akpan If you’re a candy lover or denier, you may want to blame one of your liver hormones, according to a new study. Continue reading
May 05 Photos: When crabs cover Cuba, what to do in a pinch By Larisa Epatko A swell of yellow, black and red crabs recently skittered from nearby forests to the turquoise waters of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. Continue reading
May 05 Column: How a reporting trip to coal country inspired my 7-year-old's science fair project By Cameron Hickey When science reporter Cameron Hickey made a recent trip to West Virginia coal mines, it afforded him a unique opportunity to bring what he learned back home -- for his son's science fair project. Continue reading
May 04 Toddlers' screen time linked to slower speech development, study finds By Nsikan Akpan Children who spent more time with hand-held screens were more likely to exhibit signs of an expressive speech delay, according to a new study from Toronto. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 9:24 How mountaintop mining affects life and landscape in West Virginia By Miles O'Brien Deep layers of underground coal are all but gone in West Virginia after 200 years of relentless mining, leaving thinner seams of coal on top of the state's beautiful mountains. But surface mining carries a huge cost: nothing less than… Continue watching
May 01 This digital archive of slave voyages details the largest forced migration in history By Philip Misevich, St. John's University, Daniel Domingues, University of Missouri-Columbia, David Eltis, Emory University, Nafees M. Khan, Clemson University, Nicholas Radburn, University of Southern California A new digital archive seeks to track the path of the 12.5 million African slaves who were part of the largest forced oceanic migration in human history. Continue reading
Apr 29 Watch 1:49 Climate marchers urge Trump to protect environment By PBS News Hour As President Donald Trump reached the 100th day of his presidency, tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., for the People’s Climate March, with similar demonstrations around the country. Protesters called for environmental protections even as Trump has… Continue watching
Apr 29 On Trump's 100th day in office, march calls for action on climate change By Kamala Kelkar On President Donald Trump's 100th day in office, thousands of protesters were marching to the White House and across the country for a People's Climate March. Continue reading
Apr 29 Can zapping your neck help you quickly learn a foreign language? By Ike Swetlitz, STAT A new project at DARPA aims to improve people’s ability to learn new things by stimulating nerves in the neck or behind the ear. Continue reading