Oct 05 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden waives laws to allow border wall in Texas By Colleen Long, Associated Press The Department of Homeland Security announced that the Biden administration leveraged sweeping executive power to waive 26 federal laws in South Texas. Continue reading
Oct 04 Pope Francis urges world leaders to act on climate change as planet nears ‘point of no return’ By Nicole Winfield, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Using precise scientific data, sharp diplomatic arguments and a sprinkling of theological reasoning, Francis delivered a moral imperative for the world to transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy. Continue reading
Oct 04 What extraordinarily brief light flashes can tell us about electrons and the nature of matter By Aaron W. Harrison, The Conversation Three scientists won the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics for their work developing methods to shoot laser pulses that only last an attosecond, or a mind-bogglingly tiny fraction of a second. Continue reading
Oct 03 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in chemistry for research on quantum dots By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Christina Larson, Associated Press Quantum dots are particles a few atoms in diameter that can release very bright colored light and are used in electronics and medical imaging. Continue reading
Oct 03 National Zoo’s giant pandas to return to China in December, leaving only a handful in America By Ashraf Khalil, Didi Tang, Associated Press The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in December with no public signs the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue. Continue reading
Oct 02 WATCH: 3 scientists share Nobel in physics for research on electron movement By David Keyton, Seth Borenstein, John Leicester, Associated Press The award went to French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier, French scientist Pierre Agostini and Hungarian-born Ferenc Krausz for their work with the tiny part of each atom that races around the center and that is fundamental to virtually everything: chemistry, physics,… Continue reading
Oct 02 Environmental groups demand emergency rules to protect rare whales from ship collisions By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort to protect the North Atlantic right whale. Continue reading
Oct 02 Montana is appealing a major climate change ruling that favored youth activists By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming. Continue reading
Oct 01 WATCH: Nobel in medicine goes to scientists whose work on mRNA led to COVID vaccine By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Associated Press Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were cited for contributing vaccine development during what the panel that awarded the prize called “one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.”… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:47 Why some areas of cities like Austin get way hotter than others during summer By Blair Waltman-Alexin, Austin PBS Cities across the U.S. broke thousands of heat records this summer, but in many of them, some areas were hotter than others. These areas are known as urban heat islands, which can mean higher energy bills and unsafe conditions for… Continue watching