Mar 26 Replay this season’s epic winter in 90 seconds By Elizabeth Shell By just about any measure, it’s supposed to be spring in the U.S. Winter, however, is making an encore appearance in parts of the country. Just how bad was this winter? We look at the data. Continue reading
Mar 26 Inside the box that might hold the answers to the missing jet By Jenny Marder Many of the answers to what caused Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to veer off its flight path and vanish are contained in an unpressurized compartment in the tail of the missing airplane. With the search still ongoing, we wanted to… Continue reading
Mar 24 What happens in a mudslide? A geologist answers By Ashley Ahearn, KUOW/EarthFix ARLINGTON, Wash. — Authorities have confirmed that the landslide on the Stillaguamish River north of Seattle has killed several people and destroyed homes. EarthFix’s Ashley Ahearn turned to Dave Montgomery to find out what caused the slide. Montgomery is a… Continue reading
Mar 24 25 years later, scientists still spot traces of oil from Exxon Valdez spill By Ashley Ahearn, KUOW/EarthFix Twenty-five years ago the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, Calif., ran aground off of the south coast of Alaska. The vessel released 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound, polluting 1,300 miles of coastline. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch Using social media to scour the ‘haystack’: More than 3 million join search for Flight 370 from home By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 A gas cloud collides with the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and we get to watch By Jenny Marder The landscape in Chile’s Atacama desert is Martian-like: dry, barren and flanked by volcanoes, and its high altitude and unpolluted skies make it a prime spot for stargazing. It was there, after a full night of such observation — and… Continue reading
Mar 19 Losing sleep can lead to brain damage, scientists warn By Justin Scuiletti Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience Tuesday claims that chronic sleep loss can lead to a permanent loss of brain cells -- nullifying any hope to “make up” for lost sleep. Continue reading
Mar 19 Where do emerging and developing nations stand on Internet freedom? By Colleen Shalby A new Pew study says that a majority of people living in developing and emerging countries want their internet access unrestricted. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch Evidence of cosmic inflation expands understanding of universe’s origins By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch atoms as they ‘hula hoop’ inside a molecule By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Have you ever seen molecules bond, break or hula hoop? Chemist Ara Apkarian has. He and his team at the University of California Irvine are developing the chemiscope, a laser-powered device to record images at a molecular level. The lasers… Continue reading