Jun 04 What it’s like to cover the Ebola crisis as a dad By Cameron Hickey After I learned that I would be traveling to West Africa to cover the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak with Miles O’Brien, I spent a lot of time thinking about and preparing for the trip: what cameras to bring, what… Continue reading
Jun 03 What scientists still don’t know about Ebola might surprise you By P. J. Tobia Ebola has taken the lives of 11,000 people and sickened another 26,000. But scientists know less than you might think about the origins of the virus or how it made its leap to humans. Continue reading
Jun 03 Why is there a huge methane hotspot in the American Southwest? By Laura Santhanam A team of scientists scrambles to better understand a gigantic cloud of methane looming over the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest. This single cloud is believed to comprise nearly 10 percent of all methane emissions derived from natural… Continue reading
Jun 02 ‘No more raw bananas!’ Study finds chimps would actually prefer flambé By Nsikan Akpan Chimpanzees possess some of the mental skills needed for cooking. Continue reading
Jun 02 Video: First 3-D bird fossil of South America discovered in Brazil By Nsikan Akpan Paleontologists have stumbled upon a bird fossil in Brazil that is so well preserved its long tail feathers have possibly retained their original color and spots. Continue reading
Jun 01 These female sawfish prove they don’t need a male to procreate By Nsikan Akpan The first observation of a free-living vertebrate animal that switched from sexual to asexual breeding and produced viable offspring in the wild. Continue reading
May 31 Watch 4:28 How to hook young people on math and science? Robots. By PBS News Hour In the United States, the number of college students pursuing degrees in math and science fields lags well behind dozens of industrialized countries. The numbers are even smaller for women and people of color. But one program is using robotics… Continue watching
May 29 Watch 6:12 How did a fake study make it into Science magazine? By PBS News Hour A study published in Science magazine suggested that attitudes toward same-sex marriage were more likely to be changed by face-to-face conversations with gay canvassers over straight ones. But now that study has been redacted, spurring questions about how scientific research… Continue watching
May 29 Video: Bugs wage chemical warfare with butts and guts By Nsikan Akpan The bombardier beetle is just one of many bugs that moonlights as a chemical warfare wizard. Continue reading
May 28 Science Magazine officially retracts study on gay equality canvassing By Nsikan Akpan Science Magazine retracts article that a 20-minute conversation could sway opinions on same-sex marriage… Continue reading