Mar 14 Watch In California, a Rescue Mission for ‘Iconic’ Franciscan Manzanita Plant California Works to Rescue Franciscan Manzanita Plant from Extinction… Continue watching
Mar 14 Explore Tsunami’s Aftermath in Japan By Travis Daub Google Earth has published updated satellite images that show earthquake and tsunami damage in Japan. Explore these images and view related video and photos. Several of these images require the Google Earth plugin for your Web… Continue reading
Mar 14 Japan’s Nuclear Crisis: Does it Compare to Three Mile Island, Chernobyl? By Jenny Marder Even as Japanese officials try to sort out whether jolted nuclear reactors could slip into full meltdown after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami, experts are weighing in on how events unfolding there compare to previous high-profile nuclear disasters. The… Continue reading
Mar 14 Third Blast Rocks Japan Nuclear Plant; Death Toll Rises as Bodies Wash Ashore By News Desk Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility on March 14. Photo via DigitalGlobe. 10:30 p.m. ET The nuclear crisis in Japan escalated Tuesday after an explosion at an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant damaged a reactor's containment vessel, raising the danger… Continue reading
Mar 11 Afghan Civilian Casualties Database Appears in Unexpected Place: Science We close this week with an unusual collaboration in the world of science. In January, 2011, the military released an entire database of civilian casualties to the journal, Science -- a first for a science magazine. The data… Continue reading
Mar 11 Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami: How They Happened By Jenny Marder The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck coastal Japan on Friday, devastating large swaths of the coast and spawning a powerful tsunami, was caused by the Pacific tectonic plate thrusting underneath the country, and forcing the seabed and ocean water upward. Continue reading
Mar 10 Watch Classroom Culprits? Invasive Crayfish Threaten Western Waterways Straying Far From Home, Invasive Crayfish Threatens U.S. Waterways… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch Scientists Scramble to Understand Deadly ‘White-Nose Syndrome’ in Bats White-Nose Syndrom Threatens U.S. Bat Poulation as Fungus Spreads… Continue watching
Mar 09 Why Mars Mission Tops Wish List: Space Exploration Priorities Explained Exploring icy planets, lunar oceans and martian soil should rank high on NASA's to-do list, an expert panel of the National Research Council concluded this week. But high costs could keep some of the most promising missions earthbound. Planet… Continue reading
Mar 09 NewsHour Connect: Mass. Community Reacts to Living Near Wind Turbines Wind turbines, used around the world to provide energy, are often seen grouped together in wind farms in rural parts of Iowa, Texas and Nebraska. But as more towns build turbines to power their own electric grids, communities are reacting… Continue reading