- BreakingHow Pokemon Inspired A Citizen Science Project To Monitor Tiny Streams
How do we accurately forecast the amount of water that will be available any given year? It's not easy. But some Colorado scientists think they're onto a possible solution — inspired by Pokemon.
- 1 hour ago, 20 Apr 18, 9:06am - - Breaking8 Years After Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Is Another Disaster Waiting To Happen?
Eight years after the deadly Deepwater Horizon explosion, a safety watchdog aims to prevent another disaster. But it faces multiple challenges, and a shift in focus under the Trump administration.
- 1 hour ago, 20 Apr 18, 9:00am - - BreakingBottlenose Dolphins Spotted Off Canada's Pacific Coast For The First Time
This was a bizarre sight because this kind of dolphin has never before been spotted in this northern area. They like the warmer waters farther south. About 200 were swimming in the group.
- 10 hours ago, 20 Apr 18, 12:05am - - Novelist Richard Powers Finds New Stories Deep In Old Growth Forests
In The Overstory, Powers explores how humans can revere ancient trees with "the same kind of sanctity that we reserve exclusively for ourselves."
- 14 hours ago, 19 Apr 18, 8:31pm - - New Study Says Ancient Humans Hunted Big Mammals To Extinction
As humans spread around the globe, other big mammals vanished. Researchers believe it's because they were tasty.
- 14 hours ago, 19 Apr 18, 8:31pm - - To Curb Ocean Pollution, U.K. May Ban Plastic Straws, Stirrers And Cotton Swabs
Prime Minister Theresa May called plastic waste "one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world." The government said it will work with industry to develop alternatives.
- 16 hours ago, 19 Apr 18, 6:31pm - - After Alert On Russian Hacks, Bigger Push To Protect Power Grid
Homeland Security and the FBI have blamed Russia for a series of cyberattacks on U.S. power plants. The industry is stepping up efforts to protect the electric grid.
- 23 hours ago, 19 Apr 18, 11:29am - - Rwandan Reconciliation Through Radio Soap Opera
In the ruins of the recently-ended Rwandan civil war, a team of radio performers attempted to unite Hutus and Tutsis through a soap opera.
- 1 day ago, 19 Apr 18, 9:00am - - SpaceX Launches NASA Satellite To Search For Alien Worlds
TESS — short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — will spend two years searching for planets near bright, nearby stars.
- 1 day ago, 18 Apr 18, 10:29pm - - Gene Therapy For Inherited Blood Disorder Reduced Transfusions
A small study finds promise for using gene therapy to treat patients with beta-thalassemia, a blood condition that can cause severe anemia. The experimental treatment is in early development.
- 2 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 9:01pm - - Climate Change Is Killing Coral On The Great Barrier Reef
The ecosystem has collapsed for 29 percent of the 3,863 reefs in the giant coral reef system, according to new research. Scientists are learning which corals are the "winners" and "losers."
- 2 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 8:46pm - - How People Learned To Recognize Monkey Calls Reveals How We All Make Sense Of Sound
A brain imaging study of grown-ups hints at how children learn that "dog" and "fog" have different meanings, even though they sound so much alike.
- 2 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 8:04pm - - Swarms Of Tiny Sea Creatures Are Powerful Enough To Mix Oceans, Study Finds
Each night, the organisms gather in a "vertical stampede" to feed at the ocean's surface. Research suggests the columns of swimming animals can create large downward jets that help churn the waters.
- 2 days ago, 18 Apr 18, 5:43pm - - As Climate Costs Grow, Some See A Moneymaking Opportunity
Extreme weather cost Americans over $300 billion last year. Scientists say climate change will bring more of that. Entrepreneurs and businesses see a new market in gauging risk.
- 3 days ago, 17 Apr 18, 8:25pm - - Welcome, 'Little One': Critically Endangered Gorilla Born At National Zoo
He's named "Moke," which is a Lingala word meaning "little one." He's the first of his kind to be born at the National Zoo in nine years, perfect and wrinkly and clinging to his mother.
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