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
Jun 28 49 ways to celebrate the most perfect (math) day of the year By Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American June 28—6/28 or 28/6—is the most mathematically perfect day of the year (and Tau day). Celebrate by befriending a perfect number. Continue reading
Jun 28 Two new vaccines ward off Zika in mice By Andrew Joseph, STAT Two vaccines under development protect mice against the Zika virus for at least two months, a new study shows. Continue reading
Jun 28 Amber fossils tell 99 million-year-old story of unusual baby birds By Nsikan Akpan A pair of 99 million-year-old fossils reveal Cretaceous baby birds with finger claws and adultlike feathers. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 24:48 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, June 26, Scottish leaders are pushing to exit the UK to preserve Scotland's membership in the EU. Also, immigrants who came to the UK for economic opportunities are worried after the Brexit vote -- what… Continue watching
Jun 24 Naked lizard proves hair, scales and feathers descend from single reptilian ancestor, study says By Leigh Anne Tiffany A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a scaleless mutant lizard. Continue reading
Jun 24 Gigantic, floating screen sets course to sift plastic from oceans By Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American If the prototype is successful, a full-scale 100-kilometer-long barrier will be strung out in the Pacific Ocean to collect some 68 million kilograms of floating plastic and trash. Continue reading