May 13 Watch NewsHour asks: why do you choose basic research? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
May 13 Mysterious sea star disease makes its way to Oregon By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix The mysterious disease that has caused widespread sea star die-offs in Puget Sound is now killing dozens of sea stars off the Oregon Coast. Continue reading
May 13 500 years later, Christopher Columbus’ flagship Santa Maria likely found off coast of Haiti By Anya van Wagtendonk A leading underwater archaeologist says he has identified the shipwrecked remains of Christopher Columbus’ flagship off the northern coast of Haiti. Continue reading
May 12 Watch Ice sheet in Antarctica has melted past ‘point of no return,’ NASA says By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 12 University lectures are ineffective for learning, analysis finds By Travis Daub After nearly a thousand years, it might be time for universities to rethink how professors convey wisdom and information to their students, Science magazine reports. A meta-analysis of 225 studies published in PNAS found that the age-old practice… Continue reading
May 12 Two students solve the case of the watery ketchup by designing a new cap By Lindsey Foat, The Hale Center for Journalism at KCPT High school seniors Tyler Richards and Jonathan Thompson have spent a lot of time thinking about ketchup. As students in the Project Lead the Way program at North Liberty High School in Liberty, Missouri, Richards and Thompson have researched and… Continue reading
May 11 Dunes on Mars resemble Starfleet logos By Annie Sneed, Scientific American The resemblance is uncanny, but no, these aren't Starfleet logos emblazoned on planet Vulcan. Perhaps fittingly, though, this nasa Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows a section of an active dune field on Mars. Strong winds blowing in a single direction… Continue reading
May 09 Making rocket parts in a giant microwave By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy NASA rockets kick out an inferno that melts most metals. How do you make a material that won't melt at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit? The answer may be in microwaves. Continue reading
May 08 The ants who make rafts out of their buoyant babies to escape floods By Annie Sneed, Scientific American When a flood arrives, some ant species evacuate their nest and self-assemble into rafts made out of their offspring to float to dry ground. Continue reading
May 07 Simulating 13 billion years of the universe By Ellen Rolfes A team at MIT has created a simulation that traces the evolution of dark matter, dark energy gas and dust, as well as stars, galaxies and black holes -- beginning around 12 million years after the Big Bang. Continue reading