Aug 12 Skin poaching of Asian elephants, a crisis unfolding in Myanmar, could crush the species By Nsikan Akpan Asian elephants are 10 times more endangered than African savanna elephant and facing a new serious threat. Poachers are taking the skin of Asian elephants in Myanmar and turning it into ruby red jewelry. Continue reading
Aug 10 WATCH: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe blasts off for 7-year mission around the sun By Nsikan Akpan NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched at 3:31 a.m. ET on Sunday. Watch live here. Continue reading
Aug 07 CDC says 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika have health problems By Amanda Grennell One in seven infants exposed to Zika in utero experienced microcephaly, seizures, hearing deficiencies or other health problems during their first year of life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. Continue reading
Aug 02 A child lost a sixth of his brain, then made an amazing comeback By Amanda Grennell A child's major brain surgery could have sacrificed key skills, including the ability to recognize faces. Instead his brain shifted the jobs elsewhere. Continue reading
Jul 27 Here’s proof that open office layouts don’t work, and how to fix them By Nsikan Akpan, Julia Griffin A new study shows moving to an open office dramatically cuts face-to-face conversations, but architects say not all open offices should be treated equal. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 6:03 Life on Mars? Watery new discovery raises tantalizing possibilities By Miles O'Brien Scientists have finally found for the first time a large watery reservoir beneath the southern ice cap of Mars. Radar suggests it is more than 12 miles wide and similar in some ways to lakes found beneath the Greenland and… Continue watching
Jul 24 As glaciers shrink, iceberg tourism booms By Teresa Carey Scientists are concerned that global warming is destabilizing glaciers and ice shelves, creating larger and more frequent icebergs, like the Petermann Ice Island and the iceberg off the Innaarsuit settlement in Greenland. Continue reading
Jul 20 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will ‘shake’ hands with sun, thanks to small push from Venus By Anna Kusmer With the Parker Solar Probe, NASA must strike the perfect balance between flying close enough to collect data but not so close that it burns up. Here’s what the mission will take. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 5:29 This aquatic grass could help shellfish threatened by ocean acidification By Jes Burns, OPB/EarthFix An increase in carbon emissions are showing up not only in the air, but also in water. Now researchers and shellfish farmers are teaming up to see how marine plants can help stave off the effects of ocean acidification. Special… Continue watching
Jul 17 Why are yawns contagious? We asked a scientist By Teresa Carey The average adult yawns 20 times per day. And when you feel a yawn coming on, it can be nearly impossible to suppress. But why does being around other yawners make you yawn?… Continue reading