Pride Week: TikTok Queen brings math to the masses
Kyne, also known as Kyne Santos is Kyne's stage name. She is a math communicator who is also a drag queen. The first...
Grab your binoculars, 5 planets are lined up for you to view at dawn...
Get your binoculars out and set your alarm.Five planets, aEUR", Mercury, Venus Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus aEUR", will be visible at...
High school senior thinks about the resilience of her community after a devastating flood
Zoe Turner, 17, ran to safety from a flash flood that swept through Waverly in Tennessee. The rushing water would kill 20 of...
Pride Week: Loving Sally Ride
Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy, the first American woman to orbit the Earth, met as children in the 1960s. They developed an immediate...
Kasha Patel: Why comedy is necessary to explain science
Part 1 of the TED Radio hour episode Humor Us.Is humor a way to learn more about the world? Kasha Patel, comedian...
Monkeypox could have been growing 'under radar' for many years
Scientists speculate that the monkeypox virus may have circulated for many years before it suddenly emerged in 26 countries.Scientists at genetic laboratories...
It's been a minute: Digital privacy in a possible post-Roe world
Today we are passing the mic to Our Friend at It's Been A minute. They recently looked into the implications of Roe v....
Part One: Chien Shiung Wu's Discovery of The Queen of Nuclear Physics
A landmark discovery by a particle physicist in the 1950's changed everything we knew about the universe. Chien-Shiung Wu made it all while...
Monkeypox doesn't look like COVID-19, aEUR", and that's a good thing.
Recent headlines about an unusual disease spreading rapidly across continents and countries may evoke images of early 2020.Monkeypox is not COVID-19, aEUR"...
The snowy Alps are becoming greener – bad news for the environment
The European Alps, a famous mountain range with a crescent-shaped shape, are associated with images of snow-covered villages and wintry peaks. New research...
Scientists estimate Earth has a 50-50 chance to reach the key warming mark by...
The world is getting closer to the global warming threshold that international agreements seek to stop. There's a nearly 50-50 chance that Earth...
Are you at risk from wildfires? This online tool can tell you.
Anyone who has owned or rented a house for more than 50 years could see how susceptible it was to flooding. For wildfire...
What do dolphins call themselves? Study on signature whistles provides clues
In the early months of their lives, young dolphins display their creativity and create a unique sound. These unique sounds, which include chirps,...
The crystal, which is 830 million years old, might be alive. We're about ready...
Salt is useful food preservative. Researchers found evidence of life in some very old salt crystals, which they preserved by researchers who examined...
Australia claims that the bleaching of most Great Barrier Reef Corals was the reason...
CANBERRA (Australia aEUR") More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral was bleached this year in the fourth mass event in seven decades...
As the U.S. investigates China's compliance with trade rules, solar projects are being held...
The U.S. is currently holding hundreds of large-scale solar power plants as it awaits the outcome a federal investigation into possible trade violations...
How Rahima was able to secure smallpox's end in history aEUR"
People are starting to accept that COVID-19 isn't going away after more than two years. Scientists predict that COVID may become an endemic...
Part 2: The Queen of Nuclear Physics: Chien-Shiung Wu's Story
Jada Yuan, a young girl, didn't know how well-known her grandmother was in the field of physics. This episode explores the life and...
Study finds that eliminating fossil fuel-related air pollution could save approximately 50,000 lives.
A new study shows that the United States could save tens of thousands of lives each year if it eliminated common air pollution...
Jamie Beard: How do we harness the immense power of geothermal energie?
Part 3 of the TED Radio hour episode Repair, Repurpose, ReimagineGeothermal energy can be a clean and renewable source of energy that...
Scientists find an ancient forest in a huge sinkhole in China
Cave explorers discovered a prehistoric forest at South China's bottom of a massive sinkhole earlier this month. These sinkholes are also called Tiankeng...
Low-income energy efficiency programs receive $3.5B, but many are still in dire need
Joseph Davis had five children. He and his wife purchased a two-story row house in North Philadelphia in the mid-1960s. It was located...
Prepare for another devastating Atlantic hurricane season
Federal forecasters predict that there will be more tropical storms and hurricanes this year's Atlantic hurricane season.According to the National Oceanic and...
What does it sound like when a black hole is formed? NASA has the...
Earthlings now hear the sound of a black hole for the first time in human history: A low-pitched groaning that sounds as if...
DOJ requests federal appeals court for an injunction to overturn travel mask mandate
On Tuesday, the Justice Department requested a federal appels court to reverse a court decision last month by a federal judge declaring the...
Although the wildfires that are raging in the Southwest are terrible, they are not...
The massive Calf Canyon Hermits Peaks Fire in New Mexico is now officially the state’s largest wildfire. It eclipses the 297,845-acre Whitewater-Baldy Fire...
Recycling plastic has never been an easy task. Some states are trying out a...
Some states have taken a different approach after recycling failed to reduce plastic waste in the United States. They are shifting the responsibility...
Russia's war on Ukraine threatens a space outpost of cooperation
Tensions between Russia and the U.S. are high on the ground.Russian President Vladimir Putin claims that the U.S. is working in Ukraine...
Why access to abortion is important for a healthy community
In recent weeks, abortion access has been a major topic of political discussion. What happens when abortion is viewed as a tool for...
This weekend will see a rare alignment of five planets in the sky
This weekend five planets will be visible in predawn skies. Sky watchers have the chance to see rare alignments of Mercury, Venus Mars,...
BREAKING NEWS
Rain still expected near St. Louis as Helene weakens
Helene Weakens Over St. Louis, Rain Still ExpectedIn the midst of a quiet morning in St. Louis, the remnants of Hurricane Helene are slowly...
