Mar 01 Coral Sex Just Got a Little More Interesting Coral eggs are rich in waxy fat, which provides energy during development, and buoyancy, helping them float to the ocean surface during spawning. Photo by Heyward & Negri, AIMS Once a year, shortly after a full moon, many… Continue reading
Feb 28 Watch Ethiopia: A Battle for Land and Water A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for… Continue watching
Feb 28 When the Ocean Gets Choppy, Corals Clone By Jenny Marder A team of Australian scientists have that corals can clone in a similar way that humans eggs split to create identical twins. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch The Healing Power of Music An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of music in a… Continue watching
Feb 27 Just Ask: Could Sonar Be Responsible for Cape Cod Dolphin Strandings? By Noreen Nasir Nearly 180 dolphins have been found stranded this winter on the shores of Cape Cod. Image by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Last week, we posted a story on the unusually high number of dolphins that have been… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch Upper Big Branch Miners’ Families ‘Encouraged’ by Prosecutors’ Moves Upper Big Branch Miners' Families 'Encouraged' by Prosecutors' Moves… Continue watching
Feb 23 Ballots of Yore: A History Lesson in Voting Technology Last Thursday, science correspondent Miles O'Brien explored the benefits and drawbacks of online voting. If you can shop and bank online, why not vote that way, he asks. Turns out there are plenty of reasons why: so… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch America at the Ballot Box: Technology Through the Years Historian and curator William L. Bird explains voting technology through the years. Continue watching
Feb 22 To Kill Parasites, Fruit Flies Self Medicate With Alcohol Fruit flies seek out alcohol as a drug to kill parasites. Video by Emory University. Infected fruit flies turn to alcohol to self medicate, a new study shows. It's no secret that fruit flies are fond of… Continue reading
Feb 21 Climate Expert Assumed False Identity to Obtain Documents Photo by Getty Images. Fallout over internal memos that were leaked from the conservative Heartland Institute rattled the climate world again this week, when a climate researcher confessed to lying in order to obtain and distribute them. Continue reading