Sep 20 Study: Antibacterial hand soaps are changing the makeup of life in urban streams The Chicago river Photo by flickr user yuan2003 Triclosan, the chemical that gives many antibacterial soaps their germ-killing abilities, is collecting in streams and altering the balance of naturally occurring bacteria, according to a study of… Continue reading
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Sep 18 Watch Melting Ice, Warming Waters Could Erode Way of Life for Alaska's North Slope Melting Ice, Warming Waters Could Erode Way of Life for Alaska's North Slope… Continue watching
Sep 18 Video Series Sheds Light on Indie Side of Alaska .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Alaska Public Media's video series… Continue reading
Sep 18 Oh mamma mia mamma mia! Master's thesis on gravity riffs epic Queen classic .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Timothy Blais, a master's student… Continue reading
Sep 18 Ocean Acidification Threatens Tiny 'Sea Butterflies' Rising levels of ocean acidity is bad news for pteropods or "sea butterflies", a species that plays a critical role in its ecosystem. Photo by Nina Bednarsek/NOAA SEATTLE - It's a sunny and mild summer's day in the Pacific… Continue reading
Sep 18 Empathy for military robots could affect outcomes on the battlefield Photo by Journalist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood That's the conclusion of Julie Carpenter, a Ph.D. in education at the University of Washington. Carpenter interviewed 23 explosive ordnance disposal personnel who regularly used robots on the job. Continue reading
Sep 17 Reading a whale's life story from ear wax Photo by Flickr user Mike Baird. What age did a whale live to? What age did it hit puberty? Was it exposed to pollutants in the ocean? Many of those questions can now be answered… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Unmapped Routes May Pose Dangers for Shipping Boom in Arctic Waters Unmapped Routes May Pose Dangers for Shipping Boom in Arctic Waters… Continue watching
Sep 17 National Zoo panda cub gets first full veterinary exam The National Zoo's newest addition got her first full vet exam Monday. Zoo scientists have been anxiously waiting to assess the panda cub since she was born on August 23 in Washington, D.C. Our panda cub had… Continue reading