May 19 Feds propose plan to bolster decline in bees By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use of less pesticides. Continue reading
May 18 This genetically modified yeast can now brew morphine By Nsikan Akpan Biologists have created strains of yeast that can brew morphine from sugar, opening the door for cheaper medicine but also easy-to-make illicit drugs. Continue reading
May 17 Watch Will declining funding stunt scientific discovery in the U.S.? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 16 Australia to expand shipping curbs around Great Barrier Reef By Rebecca Lee Australia will widen curbs on shipping around the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to protect the endangered coral system, the government said Saturday. Continue reading
May 14 See the strange creatures NOAA found at the bottom of the sea By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Each year, the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer maps an area of the seafloor the size of West Virginia. When compared to the total Atlantic Ocean, which spans 41 million square miles, West Virginia's not so large. But the… Continue reading
May 13 Watch 9:41 Is gender identity biologically hard-wired? By PBS News Hour At an early age, 8-year-old Skyler Kelly began to let his parents know that what he looked like on the outside, a girl, is not how he felt on the inside. The science of gender identity isn't fully understood, but… Continue watching
May 12 Smithsonian's mystery of the black-crowned night herons solved by satellites By Nsikan Akpan Think your freeloading kid is bad? Black-crowned night herons have crashed at the Smithsonian National Zoo each summer for over a century. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 7:21 Why we're teaching computers to help treat cancer By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 11 NASA's Curiosity captures blue sunset on the Red Planet By Joshua Barajas Last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured a blue sunset on the Red Planet. The sight was poetic enough to inspire the rover to quote T.S. Eliot in a tweet. Continue reading
May 08 Watch 9:03 How smart is today's artificial intelligence? By PBS News Hour Artificial intelligence is creeping into our everyday lives through technology like check-scanning machines and GPS navigation. How far away are we from making intelligent machines that actually have minds of their own? Hari Sreenivasan reports on the ethical considerations of… Continue watching