Aug 23 Diana Nyad: A Swimmer Battles the Elements By Jenny Marder During her 42-hour attempted swim from Cuba to Key West this week, Diana Nyad battled extreme exhaustion, severe sunburn, strained muscles, powerful storms and circling sharks. But the thing that really ground the 103-mile trek to a halt, she said,… Continue reading
Aug 22 Rain or Shine, Climate Change Pushes Farmers to the Brink By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Mother Nature has been unkind to farmers this year. Last week, the NewsHour talked to cherry farmers in Michigan who lost 90 percent of their crops when an early spring warm-up meant trees were battered by frosts after blooming… Continue reading
Aug 22 Ray Bradbury on Mars, and Curiosity Completes Tiny Test Drive This 360-degree panorama shows evidence in the tire tracks of a successful first test drive for NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. On Wednesday, the Mars rover Curiosity embarked on its first small journey. It plowed… Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch News Wrap: Cases of West Nile Virus Reach Decade High In other news Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control reported three times more cases of West Nile virus so far this year, blaming weather conditions that fostered optimal breeding conditions for mosquitoes. Also, a new study reveals that older fathers… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Jonathan Foley on Farming and Climate Change video interview with b-roll… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch Tech Stock Ebb and Flow: Apple Dominates Wall Street While Facebook Flails Tech Stock Ebb and Flow: Apple Dominates Wall Street While Facebook Flails… Continue watching
Aug 20 Cave-Dwelling Spider Stuns Scientists The Trogloraptor is at once a new species, genus and family of spider. Photo by California Academy of Sciences. The Trogloraptor, a cave-dwelling spider with peculiar, talon-like claws, hangs upside down from strands of spider silk, legs dangling in… Continue reading
Aug 17 For Student Reporters, an Out of This World Interview With a NASA Engineer By Thaisi Da Silva High school student Destinee Davis interviews NASA engineer Maggie Sholtz via Skype. Earlier this week, 16-year-old Destinee Davis received her first reporter's notebook and lesson on the art of interviewing. The high school sophomore, along with seven of her classmates… Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Shifting Seasons Lead to Sour Year for Michigan Cherry Farmers Shifting Seasons Lead to Sour Year for Michigan Cherry Farmers… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Texas Employs Aerial Spraying to Combat West Nile Virus Emergency Texas Employs Aerial Spraying to Combat West Nile Virus Emergency… Continue watching