Sep 12 Watch 4:27 Climate change is making extreme weather events more common: study By PBS NewsHour Scientists and forecasters who study the connection between climate change and extreme weather say the rapid rates of sea-level rise are accelerating the frequency and intensity of severe weather events—like hurricanes, heat waves and more. Claudia Tebaldi, Climate Scientist with… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 6:38 Bernd Heinrich on his ‘unusual’ life as a runner and biologist in Maine By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport A new book out Tuesday, "Racing the Clock: Running Across a Lifetime," explores a life of scientific research and discovery in nature, and some extraordinary feats of the human body. And the author himself, Bernd Heinrich, is the subject of… Continue watching
May 20 Senate panel advances Biden nomination for White House science adviser By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Lander, a geneticist and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome, the so-called "book of life." He has been nominated as director… Continue reading
May 14 Watch 6:24 DC art exhibit makes shoes out of trash in nod to the ‘Great Shoe Spill of 1990’ By William Brangham, Anne Azzi Davenport The year 1990 saw the “Great Shoe Spill" where tens of thousands of Nike shoes fell into the Pacific. The accident led to some scientific discoveries, and now, whimsical art packed with an eco-friendly message. William Brangham plunges into an… Continue watching
May 10 New White House panel aims to separate science and politics By Associated Press A new 46-person federal scientific integrity task force with members from more than two dozen government agencies will meet for the first time on Friday. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch 8:24 The fate of bats is hanging in the balance. That could have very real consequences for us By Catherine Rampell The World Health Organization is expected to release a report on its investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus in the coming days. Among the many theories is the unproven belief that it was passed on from bats —… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 5:11 Will the coronavirus change how skeptics think about science? Scientists, scholars and medical professionals say false and misleading information and a lack of preparedness for the coronavirus has made a bad situation worse. But does the world's lack of preparation for the outbreak have a silver lining? Naomi Oreskes,… Continue watching
Jan 10 Column: 20 global developments to watch over the next 5 years By Vikram Mansharamani We need to look beyond today’s headlines and think about how the world might unfold. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch 2:55 Why seeing a role model who looks like you is so powerful "I’ve always thought that seeing is believing,” said Dr. Elizabeth Wayne, a biomedical engineer. In her career, that’s meant innovating new ways of showing people what happens in the body, but also, as a black woman in the sciences, the… Continue watching
May 18 Pentagon study finds promise in brain training program for veterans with cognitive issues By Sharon Begley, STAT A Pentagon-funded study has found that a specific form of computer-based brain training can improve cognitive performance in vets who suffered persistent mental deficits after a mild traumatic brain injury. Continue reading