Science

February 6, 2020 5:03 PM

Service animals in the lab: Who decides?

Joey Ramp's service dog, Sampson, is with her at all times, even when she has to work in a laboratory. It wasn't always easy to have him at her side. Joey tells us why she's trying to help more service animals and their handlers work in laboratory settings.

by Madeline K. Sofia and Emily Vaughn

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February 1, 2020 3:56 PM

Emails show fallout from Trump's claims about Hurricane Dorian

A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly illustrate the consternation and outright alarm caused by President Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian could hit Alabama.

by The Associated Press

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January 30, 2020 4:27 PM

A new form of northern lights discovered in Finland – by amateur sky watchers

It was the members of a Facebook group who noted that the auroras they'd seen didn't look like any that had been previously cataloged. So physicists asked them to take a few carefully timed photos.

by Laurel Wamsley

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January 29, 2020 9:13 AM

Space traffic is surging, and critics worry there could be a crash

As private companies race into orbit, some experts in satellite operations say there isn't enough public infrastructure to keep all the satellites safe.

by Geoff Brumfiel

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January 22, 2020 6:08 PM

Ready for meat grown from animal cells? A startup plans a pilot facility

Memphis Meats, a startup company that has just raised $161 million, says it has a "clear path" to bringing cell-based meats to market. Yet the company and its competitors face challenges.

by Allison Aubrey

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January 16, 2020 10:04 AM

Fetching with wolves: What it means that a wolf puppy will retrieve a ball

Some wolf puppies will unexpectedly play "fetch," researchers say, showing that an urge to retrieve a ball might be an ancient wolf trait, and not a result of dog domestication.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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January 15, 2020 5:00 PM

Prominent acid rain researcher Eville Gorham dies

Gorham’s environmental research contributed to policies that included the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963 and the Clean Air Act of 1990.

by Emily Bright

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January 7, 2020 4:00 AM

'An incredibly powerful tool,’ DNA database, turns 30

The FBI's Combined DNA Index System — or CODIS — is a database that has been used to catch the guilty and clear the innocent for decades.

by Elizabeth Shockman

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December 28, 2019 4:09 PM

U.S. astronaut sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman

A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission.

by The Associated Press