Aug 08 Watch Do Apps That Advertise Learning Make Your Baby Smarter? Advocacy Group Says No Do Apps That Advertise Learning Make Your Baby Smarter? Advocacy Group Says No… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Henrietta Lacks' 'Immortal' Impact on Research Now Extends to Patient Consent Henrietta Lacks' 'Immortal' Impact on Medical Research Now Extends to Policy… Continue watching
Aug 08 Six Telling Figures from Japan's Leaking Fukushima Nuclear Plant By Larisa Epatko New revelations that the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan is leaking more radioactive groundwater than previously thought have prompted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to say Wednesday that the government will step in and "take firm measures"… Continue reading
Aug 08 How Environmentalists Lost Their Battle Against the Border Fence Congress is considering building hundreds of miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border as part of immigration reform. During the last big fence-building push, the fight that centered on the fence's potential effects on San Diego's fragile border… Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch Tempers May Flare and Conflicts Rise as Climate Change Heats Up, Study Finds Tempers May Flare and Conflicts Rise as Climate Change Heats Up, Study Finds… Continue watching
Aug 07 12 Facts About Hellbender Salamanders By Leah Clapman List compiled by Rebecca Jacobson. Read our full Science Wednesday report. They have lungs, but they breathe completely through pores in their skin. Their name Cryptobranchus means "secret gill." They are the third largest species of salamanders in… Continue reading
Aug 07 Rustling River Monsters for Science It takes six scientists to catch one hellbender salamander: three to lift the rock, two to hold the fishing nets, and one to dive underwater and grab the creature. Then, holding on is its own challenge, because the animals ooze… Continue reading
Aug 07 Ancient, Slippery, Enormous 'Snot Otters': Looking for Hellbender Salamanders By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Hellbender salamanders are as old as the dinosaurs, but scientists know very little about these ancient amphibians. Scientists need to know how many live in the Midwest and Appalachian regions of the United States and how healthy the population is,… Continue reading
Aug 05 How the World's 'Most Biodiverse Place' Could Be Ransomed for Oil Money Huaorani Indians in Yasuni National Park carry the bushmeat they've killed with their blowgun -- including three howler monkeys and one coati. Photo by Danita Delimont via Getty Images. Editor's note: This piece is part of a collaboration on… Continue reading
Aug 05 Snapshot of Species in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park By Larisa Epatko Yasuni National Park in western Ecuador hosts a vast variety of critters from carnivorous caterpillars to pygmy monkeys as small as your hand. The Ecuadoran government is hoping the park's unique quilt of animal and plant species, not to mention… Continue reading