Apr 09 Watch 9:29 Should people convicted on unsound science be given new trials? By Hannah Yi Continue watching
Apr 08 NASA: Earth’s poles are tipping thanks to climate change By Shannon Hall, Scientific American Melting ice and shifting rain patterns are causing the north and south poles to drift. Continue reading
Apr 08 Disney tried to suppress nutrition study on its theme park meals By Sheila Kaplan, STAT Disney, fearing a scandal, tried to press a journal to withdraw research paper from a controversial scientist. Continue reading
Apr 07 Brief, face-to-face canvassing reduces transgender prejudice, study says By Nsikan Akpan A 10-minute, face-to-face conversation can reduce transphobia, according to researchers at Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 9:01 These researchers don’t just track the weather, they fly right into it By PBS News Hour When weather events like El Niño impose themselves, everybody on the planet feels it. Scientists are getting better at predicting El Niño, but there is still a lot they don't know amid an absence of data. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien… Continue watching
Apr 06 This supernova blast was so close, it littered the ocean floor with radioactive dust By Nsikan Akpan Radioactive stardust confirms the two closest supernovae to ever explode near Earth. The most recent of the pair may have altered human evolution. Continue reading
Apr 06 A day in the life of a weather balloon By Julia Griffin Dan Wolfe is a "balloon man." For more than 40 years, he has released weather balloons into the sky. Continue reading
Apr 05 Why the Zika outbreak might end with a whimper and other FAQs By Helen Branswell, STAT Experts discuss whether or not Zika virus will become a perennial risk for pregnant women. Continue reading
Apr 05 Gorilla population decimated by decades of war in Democratic Republic of Congo By Dominique Bonessi The world’s largest population of Grauer’s gorilla, also known as eastern lowland gorillas, have plummeted in the midst of a nearly two-decade civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Continue reading
Apr 01 Here’s a first impression of driving in a Tesla Model 3 By Andrew Small Hari Sreenivasan spoke to The Verge deputy editor of Chris Ziegler, who had a chance to ride in the Model 3 at its opening exhibition, about his first impressions. Continue reading