Jun 22 Families Struggle to Recover Long After Wildfires Are Out Patti McMillan standing outside her shop in Red Feather Lakes, Colo., where the recent fire has driven away customers. Courtesy: Tom Bearden. Every few years massive fires sweep through America's western forests, turning green mountainsides black. Over… Continue reading
Jun 21 Carl Zimmer Uncovers Our ‘Planet of Viruses’ EmbedVideo(3696, 482, 304); Consider these facts from Carl Zimmer's book, "A Planet of Viruses": If you put all the viruses in the ocean on a scale, they would equal the weight of 75 million blue… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch Carl Zimmer on Bird Flu and Beyond Hari interviews Carl Zimmer on his book, "A Planet of Viruses."… Continue watching
Jun 20 Wildfires Where You Live: Share Your Photos and Stories The High Park fire west of Fort Collins, Colo. is being called one of the worst fires in Colorado history. At over 296,000 acres, the wildfire still raging in New Mexico is the worst in the state's history. As… Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch News Wrap: Firefighters Battle High Winds in Northern Colorado In other news Monday, more than 1,700 firefighters battled heat and high winds trying to corral a record-breaking fire in northern Colorado. The blaze grew to 91 square miles over the weekend forcing new evacuations. Also, President Obama's choice for… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch In Colo., Drought and Wind Fuel Summer of Fire Almost a week after the High Park wildfire began west of Fort Collins, Colo., the flames still rage out of control. Meanwhile, in New Mexico, fires have burned almost 60 square miles. Tom Bearden reports from northern Colorado, where a… Continue watching
Jun 15 In Monarch Butterflies, Scientists Find Link Between Migration and Disease As many as 2 billion monarch butterflies migrate every year to winter in Mexico. Scientists from the University of Georgia capture and collect these butterflies and, by rigging them to a flying treadmill, study the influence of a common… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch A New Genetic Map That Could Make Your Skin Crawl Very little has been known about the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms in our bodies. But now, scientists with the Human Microbiome Project have completed the first microbial map of healthy humans. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Dr. Eric Green,… Continue watching
Jun 14 The Science of Storytelling: A Conversation with Jonathan Gottschall Now this is a story all about how... we tell stories. Whether it's the Fresh Prince's fights on a Philadelphia playground or the struggles of Odysseus at sea, stories have always captivated our attention, and narrative… Continue reading
Jun 13 Verizon Wants You to Share Everything but Data Plans Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile carrier, announced they are changing up how they will bill for data services across devices. The new plan, called Share Everything, means new customers and current customers who choose to… Continue reading