Well, hello, Voyager 1! The venerable spacecraft is once again making senseApril 23, 2024 4:00 AMBy Nell Greenfieldboyce After a nasty computer glitch five months ago, Voyager 1 is once again able to communicate with Earth in a way that mission operators can understand.
Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonousApril 22, 2024 5:42 AMBy The Associated PressThe Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found.
Startups want to geoengineer a cooler planet. With few rules, experts see big risksApril 21, 2024 8:42 AMBy Julia Simon In a parking lot and on San Francisco Bay, NPR witnesses two different tests for solar geoengineering to tackle climate change. With much science unsettled, experts say regulations aren't keeping up.
Women of color still lag behind in STEM jobs, despite efforts to changeApril 20, 2024 8:59 PMBy Marisa Peñaloza STEM careers are still lagging when it comes to hiring women of color.
Coral reefs can't keep up with climate change. So scientists are speeding up evolutionApril 17, 2024 4:00 AMBy Lauren Sommer and Ryan Kellman Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures — but only to a point.
Play6min 03secMinnesota high schools rank last for computer science course offeringsApril 10, 2024 2:56 PMBy Cathy Wurzer, Alanna Elder, and Ellen FinnJust 28 percent of Minnesota high schools offer computer science classes — less than half the national average.
Play35min 00secSeizures, broken spines and vomiting: Scientific testing that helped facilitate D-DayApril 10, 2024 2:17 PMBy Terry Gross Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered wildly unethical today in an effort to shore up the war effort.
Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called ‘God particle,’ has diedApril 9, 2024 2:53 PMBy The Associated Press Higgs predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle, helping explain how matter formed after the Big Bang. His death at 94 was announced by the University of Edinburgh, where he was a professor.
Play5min 31secMinnesota black bears are waking up early. Here’s how to keep the bears and yourself safeApril 9, 2024 1:00 PMBy Cathy Wurzer and Gracie StocktonMinnesota black bears are emerging from hibernation — and they’re ahead of schedule. So how can you keep the bears and yourself safe?
Play5min 02secNASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would workApril 9, 2024 4:01 AMBy Kai McNamee A new lunar time zone is all about ensuring the success of future, multinational missions to the moon.