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
Mar 07 Study: 'Exergames' Provide Some Real Exercise Playing a video game used to mean sitting, sedentarily, in front of a screen. But more recently, "exergames" such as Dance Dance Revolution and the Wii Fit have gotten game players off the couch. A study published Monday… Continue reading
Mar 07 Stellar Wormholes, Space Data and Supercooling Sodawater One Scientist's Dramatic Exodus from Libya The skull of a valuable ancient elephant-like animal is housed in the Sarayy al-Hamra fort in Tripoli, the former site of the Libyan Museum of Natural History. This piece includes the tale… Continue reading
Mar 04 Glory Rocket Mission Launch Failure as Told in Tweets The story of the Taurus XL rocket -- which launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base early Friday morning, failed to reach orbit and then crashed somewhere in the Pacific Ocean -- can perhaps be best told from this… Continue reading
Mar 03 Spider-like Brain Cells May Be Active in Memory Making This image shows the interaction of astrocytes and neurons in the hippocampus of a rat. Astrocytes are stained green, neurons are shown in red, and cell nuclei in blue. (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) A lesser-known brain cell may… Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch Go Fish? Not in Pacific Ocean Sanctuaries off California's Coast The battle over dozens of no-fishing zones off the California coast. Continue watching