Aug 23 Watch 6:15 The significance of India’s successful landing on the moon’s south pole By Amna Nawaz, Miles O'Brien, Mary Fecteau It was a historic day for India as it became the fourth country to land on the moon. It comes after a failed attempt in 2019 and just days behind a failed Russian lunar landing. Prime Minister Modi watched alongside… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 8:34 A look at the plan to release Fukushima’s treated radioactive water into the sea By Miles O'Brien Japan is expected to release treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant as soon as Thursday. The government and the utility operating the facility say it is safe and the release is being closely monitored, but nearby countries… Continue watching
Aug 23 India becomes only the 4th country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India made history by becoming the first country to touch down near the little-explored south pole region. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 6:17 Climatologist discusses extreme summer weather as heat wave brings more record highs By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas A heat wave is baking much of the country, leading to record highs and triple-digit temperatures in the Midwest and the South. It’s the latest in a series of extreme weather events that have led to damage, destruction and death… Continue watching
Aug 17 A Pennsylvania study suggests links between natural gas drilling and asthma, lymphoma in children By Marc Levy, Associated Press In the reports, University of Pittsburgh researchers found what they called significant associations between gas industry activity and two ailments: asthma, and lymphoma in children, who are relatively rarely diagnosed with this type of cancer. Continue reading
Aug 17 What a NASA mission to study a metallic asteroid may teach us about Earth’s core By Jim Bell, The Conversation Liftoff to the distant asteroid Psyche is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2023 – the beginning of a six-year journey to one of the most unusual objects in the solar system. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 8:28 Inside the Fukushima nuclear plant 12 years after catastrophic meltdown By Miles O'Brien Japan will soon begin the process of releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant. As final preparations are being made, Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien has a rare look inside the facility. Continue watching
Aug 11 How the Hawaii fires will take a toll on the state’s natural treasures By Doug Glass, Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press Experts say the fires are likely to transform the landscape in unwanted ways including hastening erosion, sending sediment into waterways and degrading coral that is critically important to the islands, marine life and the humans who live nearby. Continue reading
Aug 10 Russia launches its first mission to the moon in almost 50 years By Jim Heintz, Emma Burrows, Associated Press A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on the lunar south pole before a spacecraft from India gets there. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 5:05 Antarctic sea ice at record lows as global temperatures rise By William Brangham, Shoshana Dubnow As temperature records fall all over the planet this summer, scientists are also increasingly concerned about what’s happening to the sea ice around Antarctica. William Brangham reports. Continue watching