Oct 11 Wondering why the aurora borealis was visible so far south last night? Here’s why it’s all thanks to the sun By Amoré Elsje Nel, The Conversation During the peak of the cycle, called solar maximum, more sunspots and solar flares occur, increasing the likelihood of solar storms. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:58 Floridians tally damage after Hurricane Milton leaves path of destruction By William Brangham, Sam Weber, Maea Lenei Buhre, Mike Fritz, Jackson Hudgins More than three million customers are without power after Hurricane Milton blew through Florida and caused widespread flooding along its west coast and inland. The hurricane and its fierce winds cut a path of destruction across many cities and towns. Continue watching
Oct 06 WATCH: David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry for breakthrough work on proteins By Daniel Niemann, Mike Corder, Associated Press “That was actually called a grand challenge in chemistry, and in particular in biochemistry, for decades. So, it’s that breakthrough that gets awarded today,” Heiner Linke, chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, said. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: AI pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win 2024 Nobel Prize in physics By Daniel Niemann, Seth Borenstein, Mike Corder, Associated Press Hinton, who is known as the Godfather of artificial intelligence, is a citizen of Canada and Britain who works at the University of Toronto and Hopfield is an American working at Princeton. Continue reading
Oct 06 WATCH: American scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for discovery of microRNA By Daniel Niemann, Maria Cheng, Mike Corder, Associated Press A panel that awarded the prize in Stockholm said Monday that the work by Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun ultimately "revealed a new dimension to gene regulation, essential for all complex life forms."… Continue reading
Sep 24 Research reveals threats polar bears face as climate change melts Arctic ice hunting grounds By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In Churchill, Canada, the polar bear capital of the world, scientists say there are now about half the polar bears as there were 40 years ago. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 2:30 Meet the 10-year-old winning international acclaim for her wildlife photography By Ali Rogin, Lorna Baldwin, Satvi Sunkara For many years, nature and wildlife photographers have been disproportionately male. But a young girl in India is helping change that stereotype. Ali Rogin speaks with Shreyovi Mehta about her journey and her future aspirations. Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 5:03 What a court ruling means for the future of pollution in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Andrew Chambers Many studies have shown that the burden of air pollution in the United States disproportionately falls on racial minorities, especially Black Americans. In August, a federal judge barred the EPA and DOJ from using part of the Civil Rights Act… Continue watching
Aug 06 Fossils suggest ancestors of Indonesian ‘hobbits’ were even shorter By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Researchers have debated how the hobbits — named Homo floresiensis — evolved to be so small and where they fall in the human evolutionary story. Continue reading
Jul 29 Galapagos Islands and many unique creatures threatened by warming ocean waters By Alie Skowronski, Associated Press The warming from climate change in recent years has meant more pressure on the sea lions, marine iguanas and many other species of the Galapagos Islands. Continue reading