Dr. Jane Goodall Lecture at New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA.From New Roads School: Yesterday’s conversation with legendary primatologist, conservationist, activist, humanitarian peacemaker, and founder of Roots & Shoots Dr. Jane Goodall was the first of a...
Cathy Worthington and Merry Elkins of famed Late Boomers Podcast interviews ERA Science Co-Founder Denise Avchen about her activism in education, science and charity.Denise Avchen, co-founder of ERA Sciences to bring science curriculums to students in underserved...
Bladeless turbine windmill that wiggles and vibrates reminiscent like a dashboard toy, perhaps humorous but science advances our world to even odder and somewhat alien-like technology.David Yanez, co-founder of the startup Vortex Bladeless in Spain, is the inventor of...
The world has witnessed the recent extreme weather impact on Texas, not experienced since it's coldest February since 1989. Spokesperson Clare Nullis from the World Meteorological Organization describes the phenomena as the Polar Vortex: The vortex is an “area of low...
First up on the podcast, bringing Gregor Mendel’s peas into the 21st century. Back in the 19th century Mendel, a friar and naturalist, tracked traits in peas such as flower color and shape over many generations. He used these observations to identify basic concepts about inheritance such as recessive and dominant traits. Staff Writer Erik […]
First up on the podcast, Online News Editor David Grimm joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about how an Egyptian cult that killed cats may have also tamed them. Next on the show, we hear about when the aurorae wandered. About 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic poles took an excursion. They began to move […]
First up on the podcast, ScienceInsider Editor Jocelyn Kaiser joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss big changes in science funding and government jobs this month, including an order to cut billions in contracts, lawsuits over funding caps and grant funding cancellations, and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. Next on the show, […]
The Trump Administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in dozens of countries, with many programs now being forced to shut down.Read more on E360 →
By several measures, air pollution is getting worse in the U.S., a trend due in large part to more severe heat and wildfires, according to a new report.Read more on E360 →