Nov 01 Explosives reveal Mount St. Helens’ cold heart By Nsikan Akpan Geologists paired explosives and seismic readings to look for Mount St. Helens’ magma chamber. Here's what they found instead. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 2:41 Debunking the myth of the vampire bat By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, vampire bats may be some of the spookiest species on earth. But the surprisingly social animals make sacrifices to save one another’s lives. We debunk some of the popular myths about these… Continue watching
Oct 28 7 things you didn’t know about vampire bats By Julia Griffin The vampire bat is hardly the agent-of-evil its association with Dracula would suggest. Continue reading
Oct 27 Iron deficient? These edible insects pack more minerals than sirloin steak By Nsikan Akpan In a new study, an artificial gut reveals the best edible insects for combating mineral deficiencies in the global nutrition crisis. Continue reading
Oct 26 America’s HIV outbreak started in this city, 10 years before anyone noticed By Nsikan Akpan A new study pinpoints exactly when HIV arrived in the U.S., while also exonerating Gaëtan Dugas, a man once branded as "patient zero" and blamed for starting the outbreak. Continue reading
Oct 19 Tasmanian devils gain ground in cancer battle against extinction By Nsikan Akpan A contagious face cancer has decimated wild Tasmanian devils, but a new study shows a small group is fighting back. Continue reading
Oct 15 Polar bears, growing desperate for food, threaten Alaska Natives By Kamala Kelkar Warmer temperatures have melted Alaska Natives' traditional permafrost freezers in the U.S. arctic and also forced polar bears onto land near them. They hope stainless steel containers shipped from Oregon will help keep the hungry bears away. Continue reading
Oct 14 Look up. There are 10 times more galaxies than once thought By Nsikan Akpan By remapping the deepest corners of the universe, scientists now believe there are 10 times as many galaxies in the universe. Continue reading
Oct 10 Without human-made climate change, U.S. forest fires would be half the size By Nsikan Akpan Human-made climate change doubled forest fires over the last three decades, a new study says. Here's what people can and can't do to fight these blazes in the future. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 5:46 The amazing, complicated science of the Nobel winners explained By PBS News Hour A trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating some of the world’s tiniest machines. Their nanorobots use extremely controlled movements to perform tasks that the creators hope will one day be useful in the world of… Continue watching