Dec 16 This app spots earthquakes before seismic reports By Nsikan Akpan The LastQuake app uses Internet virality to detect earthquakes before official seismic reports. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch How building a better battery would change the game for renewable energy By PBS News Hour Wind can be a bountiful resource in Tehachapi, California, but not necessarily at the right time. There turbines generate the most energy at night, when the wind blows hardest, and the demand is the lowest. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 7:06 Will the Paris accord change our climate outlook? By PBS News Hour Will the historic global climate accord lead to historic results? Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Robert Bryce of the Manhattan Institute and Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund. Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 2:36 Paris summit ends with major climate blueprint By PBS News Hour Delegates from 195 countries celebrated a landmark climate deal in Paris -- a moment of success after years of failure. The agreement lays out a number of goals and timelines, including keeping the global temperature rise well below 3.6 degrees… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 6:45 Italian olive trees are withering from this deadly bacteria By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson The Salento region in southern Italy is synonymous with its renowned olive groves, some of which are thousands of years old. But a deadly bacteria, which causes trees to wither, is threatening a critical part of Salento's livelihood and very… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 1:51 Medical testing on chimpanzees no longer allowed, the National Institutes of Health says By PBS News Hour The National Institutes of Health has decided that it will no longer allow its chimpanzees to be used for biomedical research for human health. NewsHour's Stephen Fee reports. Continue watching
Dec 12 Landmark climate deal approved by nearly 200 countries in Paris By Michael D. Regan Negotiators said on Saturday that 195 countries have come to terms on a watershed agreement to address climate change. The terms would including efforts to limit the earth's rising temperatures and to reign in greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading
Dec 10 These test tube puppies, the world’s first, may save endangered wolves By Nsikan Akpan Smithsonian, Cornell breed the first puppies using in vitro fertilization and cryopreserved embryos… Continue reading
Dec 09 Column: More important than what happens in Paris is what happens after Paris By Scott Barrett The Paris Agreement should affirm the central reason that countries are meeting: that every country can be made better off when all nations act together to address climate change. It should also underline that each country has a responsibility to… Continue reading
Dec 09 Don’t blame grandma yet, but your asthma may be her fault By Nsikan Akpan Emerging research into epigenetics may rewrite the fates of those dealing with diseases like asthma, schizophrenia and obesity. Continue reading