Jul 02 Florida confirms 10 new cases of Zika virus as U.S. total nears 1,000 By Michael D. Regan Florida health officials confirmed on Friday the discovery of 10 new cases of the Zika virus in parts of the state. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 4:08 Antarctic ozone hole believed to be shrinking By PBS News Hour Scientists studying climate change in Antarctica reported this week that a hole in the protective ozone layer of the Earth’s atmosphere has shrunk. The discovery of the hole in the 1980s led to a worldwide phasing out of ozone-depleting chemicals… Continue watching
Jul 01 Lego-like design may end smartphone upgrades, reduce pollution By Jeremy Hsu, Scientific American Google, LG and others are experimenting with gadgets that come with swappable cameras and sensors and could hit the market next year. Continue reading
Jul 01 How chemistry lights up the sky for the Fourth of July By Lora Strum The basic firework requires three ingredients: an oxidizer, a fuel and a chemical mixture to produce the color. Over the years, scientists have staged various chemical reactions to produce fireworks of different colors. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 6:35 The unsung women heroes of America’s space program By PBS News Hour They were living, breathing, walking, talking calculators who were key to America’s early space program. And they were women — and largely forgotten. At the time, the supercomputers that NASA now uses to crunch its numbers didn’t exist. Nathalia Holt… Continue watching
Jun 30 NASA’s Juno zooms in on Jupiter By Lora Strum, Julia Griffin On Independence Day, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and beam photos and other data 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. After traveling five years and 1,740 million miles at more than… Continue reading
Jun 30 Journey to the mysterious gray rock By Jenny Marder This Science Bedtime Story tells the incredible - and briefly, terrifying - story of the intrepid spacecraft that flew to Pluto and of Alice Bowman, a little girl who loved space and grew up to become one of the mission's… Continue reading
Jun 30 Witness Jupiter’s spooky northern lights By Nsikan Akpan The Hubble telescope, the talisman space observatory, has captured fresh images of Jupiter’s auroras as Juno spacecraft makes its final approach to the planet. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 7:34 NASA promising July 4 big bang — and lots of science — when Juno probe reaches Jupiter By PBS News Hour On Independence Day NASA’s Juno spacecraft reaches the largest planet in our solar system and is expected to transmit pictures the 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. But even more interesting than pictures, scientists hope to collect tons of data… Continue watching
Jun 29 18 million people served by water systems with lead violations in 2015, report says By Kulsoom Khan More than 18 million Americans received their drinking water from systems with lead violations in 2015, according to a new report. Continue reading