Jul 25 Fiat Chrysler announces recall after hackers gain control of moving car By Daniel Costa-Roberts Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced a voluntary recall of roughly 1.4 million vehicles Friday in response to an incident earlier in the week in which hackers demonstrated that they could take control of one of the company's cars using the Internet… Continue reading
Jul 24 New Horizons mission spots a hazy silhouette and flowing glaciers on Pluto By Nsikan Akpan Flowing glaciers and a spooky silhouette comprise the latest highlights from the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Continue reading
Jul 24 Running elk ragged just to get their antlers By Courtney Flatt, NWPR/EarthFix Washington and Oregon have imposed rules to make sure that “shed hunters” don’t harm elk and deer. But not everyone follows those rules. Instead, some shed hunters cruelly endanger the health of deer and elk so they can be the… Continue reading
Jul 24 Meet three scientists behind the Pluto mission By Megan Crigger Shortly after the July 14 flyby of Pluto and its moons, we spoke with three members of the New Horizons mission team: Alice Bowman, the mission operations manager, and Cathy Olkin and Kimberly Ennico-Smith, deputy project scientists. Editor's note: Women… Continue reading
Jul 23 Could these new eye drops cure cataracts? By Nsikan Akpan Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered a natural compound that dissolves cataracts, the world's leading cause of blindness. Continue reading
Jul 23 NASA's Kepler telescope finds the closest copy of Earth to date By Nsikan Akpan NASA Kepler's mission adds 500 new exoplanets to its library. Continue reading
Jul 22 This lab is like CSI ... for endangered wildlife By Jes Burns, OPB/EarthFix While there are other labs around the globe that specialize in specific types of plants and animals, a forensics lab in Ashland, Oregon is the only one in the world dedicated to solving crimes against all kinds of wildlife. Continue reading
Jul 22 Mediterranean whales bear the brunt of industry's historic toxins By Catherine Woods Researchers detect high levels of banned toxic chemicals in whales in the Mediterranean Sea. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 5:10 To find life in the universe, a new initiative to help us hear the signals By PBS News Hour Are we alone in the universe? A new project called the Breakthrough Initiative may help scientists like Stephen Hawking get closer to the answer. Tech investor Yuri Milner pledged $100 million to help survey one million of the closest stars… Continue watching
Jul 20 Russian billionaire and Stephen Hawking announce $100 million search for aliens By Nsikan Akpan Russian tech entrepreneur Yuri Milner funds the most ambitious hunt to date for alien life, thanks to a new $100 million project called the Breakthrough Initiatives. Continue reading