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June 21, 2019
Get your tentacles ready—Cephalopod Week is back! Plus, microbes are everywhere and have close ties to the climate. So, why are they often absent from discussion about climate change?
6:19
An Attempted Moon Landing Fails In Final Minutes
Beresheet, a moon lander from Israel, crash landed on the lunar surface.
5:19
A Coral Rescue Effort—In Arizona
A project aims to use the artificial sea of Biosphere 2 as a testing ground for bringing back coral reefs affected by climate change.
21:21
After A Year in Space, Subtle But Lingering Changes
From telomeres to immune response, how astronaut Scott Kelly’s gene expression changed after a year on the ISS.
8:00
How Citizen Science Can Speed Up Alzheimer’s Research
A citizen science game uses the power of the crowd to identify stalled blood cells.
16:19
The Cherry Blossom Hunter
Collingwood "Cherry" Ingram was a British ornithologist who gave up studying birds and became obsessed with flowering cherries instead.
34:15
Plunging Into The Physics Of The First Black Hole Image
Event Horizon Telescope scientists break down the brand new image of the supermassive black hole at the center of nearby galaxy Messier 87, and explore what lies beyond in black hole science.
6:15
From Atoms To Airplanes And Polymers To Planets
The spring 2019 meeting of the American Chemical Society in Orlando included transparent wood, VR labs, and medicinal nanoparticles.
5:49
Missouri Looks To Regulate Coal Ash Ponds
Toxic coal ash is contaminating groundwater around the state. Will proposed new regulations be enough?
16:31
How The Sap Runs
Scientists tap into how trees move gallons of fluids from the ground to the atmosphere every day. Plus, the freeze-thaw secrets of sugar maple trees.
9:24
Fertile Soil, Washed Away
Lost topsoil may be the biggest long-term damage to this year’s flooded Midwest farms.