Scientists in the Florida Keys haven't had great success revitalizing coral reefs
NPR ' s Ailsa Chang speaks with Katey Lesneski, research coordinator for coral restoration at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. She ' s been checking on restored corals, which struggled in 2023. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Wind Power Is Taking Over A West Virginia Coal Town. Will The Residents Embrace It?
Keyser, West Virginia, was once known for coal. But the jobs have been disappearing. First because of automation, then cheap natural gas. And now, the urgency to address climate change is one more pressure on this energy source that contributes to global warming.Now the town, like so much of the country is attempting to transition to renewable energy. The country's first major climate policy, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, gave that transition a boost. It passed with the key vote of West Virginia's own Senator Democrat Joe Manchin.Keyser represents a national shift in American energy production. And in a town that w...
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The International Space Station retires soon. NASA won't run its future replacement.
NASA is crashing the ISS into the ocean at the end of 2030. The agency is collaborating with private companies to build its replacement. So what could the space stations of the near future look like? (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kaity Kline Source Type: news
In light of the solar maximum, a look at the biggest solar storm in recorded history
We are at the height of the Sun's activity in its eleven year cycle, known to astronomers as the solar maximum. This means that over the next several months there's going to be a lot of solar activity. It's got us thinking back to 1859. That's when astronomer Richard Carrington was studying the Sun when he witnessed the most intense geomagnetic storm recorded in history. The storm, triggered by a giant solar flare, sent brilliant auroral displays across the globe causing electrical sparking and fires in telegraph stations. This encore episode, Regina talks to solar physicist Dr. Samaiyah Farid about what's now known as the...
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Regina G. Barber Source Type: news
The minty past and cloudy future of menthol cigarettes
In the U.S., flavored cigarettes have been banned since 2009, with one glaring exception: menthols. That exception was supposed to go away in 2023, but the Biden administration quietly delayed the ban on menthols. Why? Well, an estimated 85 percent of Black smokers smoke menthols — and some (potentially suspect) polls have indicated that a ban on menthols would chill Biden's support among Black people. Of course, it's more complicated than that. The story of menthol cigarettes is tied up in policing, advertising, influencer-culture, and the weaponization of race and gender studies. Oh, and a real-life Black superhero nam...
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gene Demby Source Type: news
NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year
The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Houston space center. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ayana Archie Source Type: news
A dead satellite crashed back to Earth. No worries, it landed in the Pacific
The one-in-a-billion chance it could have hit somebody on the head didn't become a reality, as the European satellite reentered the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Hawaii. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Doubek Source Type: news
Watch out, a dead satellite is falling back to Earth
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Source: NPR Health and Science - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Doubek Source Type: news
Scientists have found a black hole so large it eats the equivalent of one sun per day
With a mass 17 billion times larger than our sun, this black hole is the fastest-growing black hole ever recorded, Australian National University said.(Image credit: M. Kornmesser) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joe Hernandez Source Type: news
By accident, scientists found an underwater'megastructure' from the Stone Age
Scientists have found what they say could be one of the oldest Stone Age megastructures in Europe: a giant stone wall on the floor of the Baltic Sea. They ' ve dubbed it the " Blinkerwall. " (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In latest lunar landing trial, Intuitive Machines hopes to get U.S. back to the moon
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Source: NPR Health and Science - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emma Bowman Source Type: news
One woolly mammoth's journey at the end of the Ice Age
Lately, paleoecologist Audrey Rowe has been a bit preoccupied with a girl named Elma. That's because Elma is ... a woolly mammoth. And 14,000 years ago, when Elma was alive, her habitat in interior Alaska was rapidly changing. The Ice Age was coming to a close and human hunters were starting early settlements. Which leads to an intriguing question: Who, or what, killed her? In the search for answers, Audrey traces Elma's life and journey through — get this — a single tusk. Today, she shares her insights on what the mammoth extinction from thousands of years ago can teach us about megafauna extinctions today with guest ...
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nathan Rott Source Type: news
A Second Wind For Wind Power?
About two years ago, New Jersey's Democratic Governor Phil Murphy said that the state would be partnering with the Danish company Orsted, the largest developer of offshore wind projects in the world. The company had agreed to build Ocean Wind 1, the state's first offshore wind farm, powering half a million homes and creating thousands of jobs in the process. The following year, Orsted inked another deal with the state for Ocean Wind 2, a second offshore wind farm with similar capacity. After years of review, the projects were approved in summer 2023. Construction of the first turbines was slated to begin in the fall. And ...
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A new study finds the memory systems that give trivia champions an edge
Memory is complicated. A new study co-authored by Jeopardy! contestant Monica Thieu looks at how two different memory systems might give some people an edge with recalling facts. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millions of women are'under-muscled.' These foods help build strength
We start to lose muscle in our 30s, and the loss accelerates with age, putting us at risk of frailty later in life. But what you eat — specifically how much protein — is a big part of the solution.(Image credit: Allison Aubrey) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Allison Aubrey Source Type: news
