Aug 12 Inside the extraordinary nose of a search-and-rescue dog By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs Rescue dogs are super-smellers, and the motley crew of scientists is figuring out why. Continue reading
Jul 19 WATCH: Bees’ buzz unlocks secret stash of pollen By Lisa Marie Potter and Joshua Cassidy, KQED Only bees that buzz in just the right way can release tiny grains of pollen from a flower. Continue reading
Jul 14 Ducklings make way for abstract thought, Oxford study finds By Nsikan Akpan An Oxford study uses pairs of swinging objects to determine that ducklings have abstract thoughts. Continue reading
Jul 13 New underwater microscope films kissing and fighting corals like never before By Leigh Anne Tiffany We can now get up close and personal with corals, watching how they kiss and fight, thanks to a new high-tech microscope. Continue reading
Jul 08 2,000 generations of algae foretell future of ocean acidification By Leigh Anne Tiffany Plankton can adapt to the primary cause of ocean acidification -- rising carbon dioxide in water -- but the organisms eventually lose their form of a skeleton. As a result, the plankton cannot fend off predators or competitors, and on… Continue reading
Jul 06 Why a goat may stare at you with puppy dog eyes By Nsikan Akpan Goats, like dogs, stare at humans when in need, according to a new study. Continue reading
Jul 01 How chemistry lights up the sky for the Fourth of July By Lora Strum The basic firework requires three ingredients: an oxidizer, a fuel and a chemical mixture to produce the color. Over the years, scientists have staged various chemical reactions to produce fireworks of different colors. Continue reading
Jun 30 NASA’s Juno zooms in on Jupiter By Lora Strum, Julia Griffin On Independence Day, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and beam photos and other data 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. After traveling five years and 1,740 million miles at more than… Continue reading
Jun 30 Journey to the mysterious gray rock By Jenny Marder This Science Bedtime Story tells the incredible - and briefly, terrifying - story of the intrepid spacecraft that flew to Pluto and of Alice Bowman, a little girl who loved space and grew up to become one of the mission's… Continue reading
Jun 30 Witness Jupiter’s spooky northern lights By Nsikan Akpan The Hubble telescope, the talisman space observatory, has captured fresh images of Jupiter’s auroras as Juno spacecraft makes its final approach to the planet. Continue reading