Jul 21 Watch 6:33 Shark tracking efforts ramped up after wave of encounters off Northeastern coast By Miles O'Brien, Murrey Jacobson, Courtney Norris After a recent spate of shark encounters, New York State is ramping up efforts to monitor the apex predator off the coast of Long Island. It comes as experts in Massachusetts are raising awareness about the surging population of great… Continue watching
Jul 20 Solar panels built over water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread? By Brittany Peterson, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press In arid locations, besides the clean electricity, there is the added benefit of reducing evaporation. But the technology has been slow to take off. Continue reading
Jul 19 ‘In the blink of an eye, we lost so much.’ Worst wildfire season in Canadian history wreaking havoc on Indigenous communities By Tammy Webber, Noah Berger, Associated Press In Canada, 5 percent of the population identifies as Indigenous, but more than 42 percent of wildfire evacuations have been from communities that are more than half Indigenous. Continue reading
Jul 18 Warming planet may have overwhelming impact on infectious diseases By Zoya Teirstein, Grist Diseases old and new are becoming more prevalent and even cropping up in places they’ve never been found before. Continue reading
Jul 18 Fossil of ancient mammal attacking dinosaur challenges old theories By Maddie Burakoff, Associated Press Even though the mammal is much smaller, researchers think it was attacking the dinosaur when they both got caught in the volcanic flow. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 8:06 Deadly flooding hits Northeast as heat wave tightens grip on western and southern U.S. By Geoff Bennett, Eliot Barnhart, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako The nation remains at the mercy of nature, but nature is showing no mercy with 100 degree heat stretching from the far West across the Deep South. It comes as a weekend deluge in the Northeast washed out roads and… Continue watching
Jul 16 Analysis: Is it actually healthy to eat ice cream? Here’s what the evidence says By Duane Mellor, The Conversation Ice cream lovers probably rejoiced when a recent article suggested that indulging in your favorite flavor might be healthy. But any benefit of eating ice cream can likely be explained by other factors – such as eating a healthy diet… Continue reading
Jul 16 Analysis: Women in physics often go unrepresented in popular media. Here’s why that’s a detriment to the field By Carl Kurlander, Chandralekha Singh, The Conversation The trailer for ‘Oppenheimer’ fails to include female physicists, which is indicative of a broader media trend that, if reversed, could lead to greater gender diversity in science. Continue reading
Jul 14 WATCH: Biden administration makes $20 billion ‘green bank’ available for clean energy projects By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal "green bank" for clean energy projects such as residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers. Continue reading
Jul 14 India successfully launches lander and rover to explore the moon, 4 years after failed mission By Aijaz Rahi, Ashok Sharma, Associated Press An Indian spacecraft is blazing its way toward the far side of the moon in a follow-up mission to a failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover on the lunar surface. Continue reading