Here are all your burning questions about recycling, answered
Have you ever wondered whether your milk carton caps can be recycled? Or what happens to your recycling after it gets picked up from your curb? Science Friday video producer Luke Groskin decided to...
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A place where the stars are so bright you can see your shadow by starlight
The Cosmic Campground lies just off a two-lane highway in New Mexico's largest and mostly rural county, where traffic lights don't exist and the US Census counts half a person per square mile."The...
View ArticleVolcano spews ash on outskirts of Mexico's capital
The Popocatepetl volcano spewed ash on swaths of Mexico City and its suburbs on Monday, leaving a thin coat of dust on streets and cars.Ash from the volcano, which is 34 miles southeast of the capital,...
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One of the top 'Nigerian prince' email scammers has been caught
Scam letters in Nigeria are nothing new.They’re commonly known as the 419, says Sam Olukoya, a journalist based in Lagos.Part of the reason why the malware-hacked emails are so popular in Nigeria is...
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In ailing Greece, trying to turn Pokémon Go into profit
In Greece's depressed economy, a few companies have latched onto a new hope: Pokémon.Restaurants and merchants all over Athens have started working together to host events to entice players of Pokémon...
View ArticleScientists are using sound to track nighttime bird migration
A group of researchers at New York University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are helping to track the nighttime migratory patterns of birds by teaching a computer to recognize their flight...
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Parakeets are the new pigeons — and they're on course for global domination
Love them or hate them, ring-necked parakeets have invaded Europe and they’re here to stay. Already a staple of many urban parks and gardens around the UK, some of these charismatic bright green birds...
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The Great Bear Rainforest is a model for how to save trees
In the summer of 1993, everyone I knew was chaining themselves to something. And where I grew up, on the west coast of Canada, the fight was over trees.Environmentalists and aboriginal communities...
View ArticleRich countries need to stop being hypocrites on climate change, Philippines...
The president of the Philippines doesn’t dispute the apocalyptic nature of global warming. After all, his homeland is among the countries predicted to suffer most from the coming heat waves and hellish...
View ArticleMeet a renowned astronomer who is still searching for ET, 50 years later
When astronomer Frank Drake organized the first SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) conference back in 1961 in Green Bank, West Virginia, only a dozen people attended.“I invited everyone in...
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The fight is on over grizzly hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest
The small outboard boat I'm in is floating along the estuary of the Nekite River.It's a cloudless morning and just beyond the bow there's rustling of trees and the sound of branches snapping.I'm...
View ArticleWhat new personal DNA testing can tell us about depression
In the ongoing struggle to understand the biology of depression, there's been a promising new breakthrough, thanks in part to a popular at-home DNA test. Gene-testing company 23andMe and Pfizer...
View ArticleAmericans are proud of their national parks and are willing to pay more to...
Researchers from Harvard and Colorado State have found that Americans would be willing to pay 30 times more than the current annual appropriation in order to preserve and maintain the US National Park...
View ArticlePollution from America's power plants is a deadly serious problem, a new...
Pollution from power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania caused up to 4,400 premature deaths across the country in 2015, according to a new study.Residents closest to the plants, near Pittsburgh and...
View ArticleThe women who made communication with outer space possible
In 1969, the world watched as Neil Armstrong marked his historic achievement with the words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” His now-famous transmission was heard around...
View ArticleScientists and industry are both working to find and stop dangerous methane...
Thousands of natural gas wells dot the landscape in the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, and a growing number of pipelines transport gas throughout the Northeast. But all of...
View ArticleShould the government mandate free access to taxpayer-funded research?
Today, the federal government spends about $60 billion a year on research. That research gets published in scientific journals that institutions, researchers and the public have to pay in order to...
View ArticleWatch this slow-motion video of attacking electric eels
Scientists have long known that electric eels can send out short pulses of electricity to sense their environment and also to paralyze their prey. But one researcher has recently discovered that eels...
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Tired of waiting for high-speed internet, farm towns build their own
Seven years ago, Winthrop, Minnesota, population 1,400, decided it needed an internet upgrade.Most local residents were served by companies like Mediacom, which Consumer Reports consistently ranked...
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One way to escape the tyranny of gendered languages: emojis
Waving hand emoji. Victory hand emoji. Flamenco dancer emoji. Princess emoji. Bride with veil emoji? Woman with bunny ears emoji. Disappointed face emoji. Weary face emoji. Women, girls and...
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