Jan 14 California begins to emerge from its five-year drought By Michael Rios Despite some improvements in drought conditions, California Gov. Jerry Brown is not ready to ease or rescind the drought state of emergency declaration he made in 2014. Continue reading
Jan 13 Stanford invention stops a cell phone battery from exploding By Kristin Hugo Stanford engineers create a fire extinguisher capsule for your overheating cellphone or laptop batteries. Continue reading
Jan 12 What medical marijuana can and can't do for your health By Nsikan Akpan Cannabis can help chronic pain, and other conclusions from a federal advisory review of more than 10,000 marijuana studies to determine the health pros and cons. Continue reading
Jan 12 Coral bleaching is killing reefs. Is the answer a great migration? By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs Coral bleaching threatens a third of the planet's reef ecosystems, but can these creatures adapt? Take a voyage deep into the Atlantic Ocean, as the Nekton Mission searches for an answer. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 8:56 Obama's 'bold, yet fragile' climate legacy By PBS News Hour President Obama is passionate, and vocal, about combating climate change. As his tenure draws to a close, science correspondent Miles O’Brien reviews the administration's environmental policy -- from the 2009 “cap-and-trade” climate bill, to the 2015 Paris accord, to executive… Continue watching
Jan 07 China's ivory ban opens questions about its massive legal stockpiles By Mark Scialla China’s ivory ban seems an environmental victory. But, Beijing hasn't detailed the fate of the nation’s massive legal and illegal stockpiles. Continue reading
Jan 06 Colossal iceberg poised to snap off Antarctic ice shelf By Dayana Morales Gomez An iceberg the size of Delaware will soon break off an ice shelf in Antarctica, according to scientists at the British Antarctic Survey. Continue reading
Jan 06 Tilikum, orca whose behavior influenced change at SeaWorld, has died By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako Tilikum gained international attention when he killed his trainer Dawn Brancheau in front of a live audience at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010. The incident sparked a public conversation about whether orcas, also known as killer whales, should remain in captivity. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 6:56 How CRISPR gene editing puts scientists in the driver's seat of evolution By PBS News Hour Imagine you could edit a mouse’s genes to be resistant to Lyme Disease. The mouse would breed and evolution would take its course, leading to the extinction of the disease. That’s the vision for scientists developing CRISPR, technology that allows… Continue watching
Jan 05 New NASA missions to study 'fossils' of the solar system By Michael Rios Jupiter's Trojan asteroids are thought to be remnants of the material that formed the solar system's more distant planets. NASA plans to visit them in one of two upcoming missions. Continue reading