May 18 Watch 5:05 From Mt. St. Helens’ volcanic ashes, Mother Nature rebuilds By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 Watch 8:48 Do call it a comeback — how the checkerspot butterfly found salvation in a women’s prison By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 First giraffe genome reveals the oddity behind an African icon By Nsikan Akpan The giraffe is an oddball, both outside and in. By sequencing the giraffe’s genome for the first time, researchers have learned that the animal’s extraordinary external features are matched by wild genetic traits buried inside its cells. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 7:10 Listening in on the ‘Black Hole Blues,’ the soundtrack of the universe By PBS News Hour February saw one of the most important astronomical breakthroughs of the decade, as a team of scientists “heard” gravitational waves -- a key postulate of Einstein’s theory of relativity -- for the first time in human history. Now, astrophysicist Janna… Continue watching
May 16 Boston hospital records first penis transplant in U.S. By Eric Boodman, STAT In a 15-hour procedure earlier this month, a man received a penis transplant from a deceased donor at Massachusetts General Hospital. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 6:05 How genetic sequencing can unlock secret DNA mutations — and save lives By PBS News Hour Every year, thousands of young people who seemed otherwise healthy die suddenly. The reason sometimes is long-rooted, secret gene mutations passed down through the generations. Doctors at the Scripps Translational Science Institute are using gene sequencing and “molecular autopsies” to… Continue watching
May 13 All the strange stuff that kids swallow in a single hospital museum By Megan Thielking, STAT A collection at Boston Children’s Hospital includes scores of objects removed from pediatric patients going all the way back to 1918. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 2:09 Scientist chases waterfalls in depths of breathtaking glaciers By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, most scientists expect to travel to the ends of the Earth in the name of research, but few have ever set foot in the heart of a glacier. That’s exactly what Ph.D. Continue watching
May 12 Senate reaches deal on reduced Zika funding By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Top Senate negotiators announced agreement on a $1.1 billion emergency funding measure to battle the Zika virus. Continue reading
May 12 Why charging an electric car at night is worse for the environment By David Biello Your battery-powered vehicle is only as green as your electricity supplier. Continue reading