Sep 24 Panda Cub’s Death Still a Mystery Mei Xiang made distressed sounds at 9:17 a.m. on Sunday, alerting zookeepers that something was wrong with her baby. Video by Smithsonian's National Zoo. The Smithsonian National Zoo hasn't yet confirmed what caused the death of the… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch National Zoo Mourns Death of Panda Cub video press conference of zoo director and chief veterinarian talk about panda cub's death… Continue watching
Sep 23 National Zoo Mourns the Death of Week-Old Panda Cub Mei Xiang on Sept. 17 with her cub. The cub died unexpectedly on the morning of Sept. 23. Image by Smithsonian's National Zoo. On Sunday, at 9:17 a.m. ET, panda keepers at Smithonian's National Zoo heard distressed… Continue reading
Sep 21 Shuttle Endeavour Lands in Los Angeles After Long Aerial Tour Strapped to the back of a jumbo jet, Space Shuttle Endeavour swooped over the California state capital and circled San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the Santa Monica Pier in a highly choreographed final flight before touching down at… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Synthetic Street Drug Camouflaged as Bath Salts Has Dangerous, Bizarre Effects Synthetic Street Drug Camouflaged as Bath Salts Has Dangerous, Bizarre Effects… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Earth Loses Its ‘Air Conditioner’: Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks to Record Low Level Earth Loses Its 'Air Conditioner': Arctic Ice Cap Shrinks to Record Low Level… Continue watching
Sep 20 Arctic Sea Ice Melts to Record-Breaking Low By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // Arctic sea ice melted to 1.32 million square miles this September -- an unprecedented low and a sharp drop from the 2.59 million square mile average for this time of year. It also marks the greatest Arctic ice melt… Continue reading
Sep 20 The drug that never lets go By Jenny Marder Dickie Sanders was not naturally prone to depression. The 21-year-old BMX rider was known for being sweet spirited and warm -- a hugger not a hand-shaker. The kind of guy who called on holidays. Who helped his father on the… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Arctic’s Record-Breaking Ice Melt September 2012 saw the greatest loss of sea ice since satellites began taking data in 1979. The total area of sea ice now measures 1.52 million square miles. The historical average is 7 million square miles for this time of… Continue watching
Sep 18 Climate Change From Different Perspectives By Spencer Michels Anything dealing with climate change is bound to provoke an argument. And our story on Berkeley physicist Richard Muller's recent conversion to a believer in man-made global warming, which he made in an op-ed in the New York Times, certainly… Continue reading