The revival of Mozambique's largest wildlife sanctuary is threatened by...
Passing through the aged faded gates into Gorongosa National Park, it's difficult to imagine you've just entered Mozambique's largest wildlife sanctuary.Bled dry by a long civil war that ravaged...
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China is looking to the US as it builds its first national park system
Throughout its 100-year history, US National Parks have served as a model for other countries trying to set up their own networks of protected spaces.Now China is quietly planning its own national...
View ArticleIn physics, failure brings almost as much excitement as success
In particle physics, failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it can generate as much excitement and curiosity as success.As if to prove this point, two teams of particle hunters, one from the...
View ArticleA new book looks at the life, history and legacy of Patient H.M.
In 1953, during experimental brain surgery aimed at curing his epilepsy, doctors removed several key portion’s of Henry Molaison’s brain. The operation left him in a persistent amnesiac state.For the...
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Calling over boat noise is making endangered orcas hungrier
In the Pacific Northwest, a nautical hub for ships and naval training, endangered orcas and other marine life are struggling to be heard over the noise.While orcas are not endangered globally, the orca...
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'How beautiful, the way life hangs on. How brave it is to live.'
Living on Earth's explorer-in-residence Mark Seth Lender visited Iceland and found Black-Legged Kittiwake daring to nest right on the cliffs, despite the wild waves lashing the shore below. These are...
View ArticleHow advances in automation will change the future of work
It's been a common dilemma since the dawn of the industrial age, machines taking jobs away from people.We call it automation. And while you likely won’t hear this spoken aloud amid all the semi-factual...
View ArticleWorld's first driverless taxi service plans to operate in 10 cities by 2020
A US software firm which chose Singapore for the world's first public trial of driverless taxis hopes to be operating in 10 Asian and US cities by 2020, an executive said Monday. Doug Parker,...
View ArticleA 'strong signal' from outer space catches the attention of scientists
A "strong signal" detected by a radio telescope in Russia that is scanning the heavens for signs of extraterrestrial life has stirred interest among the scientific community."No one is claiming that...
View ArticleIsrael's secretive surveillance industry in the spotlight following iPhone...
The discovery of sophisticated spyware to infiltrate and remotely take control of iPhones without leaving a trace has put a spotlight on Israel's secretive surveillance industry, considered among the...
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The EU orders Apple to pay a record $14.5 billion in taxes
The European Union ordered tech giant Apple to pay a record 13 billion euros — $14.5 billion — in back taxes in Ireland, a move Washington warned could damage hugely important trans-Atlantic economic...
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New York to London in 3 hours? More start-ups are looking at supersonic travel.
A few years ago, entrepreneur Vik Kachoria was spending a lot of time up in the clouds flying from Boston to Europe to Asia. He had plenty of time to ponder this question: “Why aren’t we flying any...
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A muralist is painting weeds to represent the margins of society
If you’re wandering around, say, Sao Paulo, Brazil, or Athens, Greece, or San Francisco, California — you just might stumble upon a weed grown as tall as a building … on the building, that is.Mural...
View ArticleFossils dating back 3.7 billion years show life on Earth may be older than we...
Life on Earth is even older than we thought, Australian scientists said Thursday as they unveiled fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years.The tiny structures — called stromatolites — were...
View ArticleSurvey shows 30 percent decline in African savannah elephant population
The results of a three-year aerial survey of Africa's elephants published Thursday have revealed a dramatic 30 percent decline in savannah elephant populations, largely due to poaching. "We completed a...
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Environmentalists herald the beginnings of a race to protect the world's oceans
When most Americans were asleep on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama was speaking to a small group of domestic and foreign scientists and dignitaries in Hawaii.“Welcome to Hawaii. Aloha!” Obama...
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The 'secret society' of extremely successful first gens
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellows share a common trait: They are exceptionally driven to succeed in a unique way that they feel benefits America the most.In that way, they follow in the path of their...
View ArticleObama seeks to cement climate legacy with China at G-20 before the election
The G-20 summit of industrialized and emerging-market nations kicks off Sunday in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou, China.Ahead of the conference, President Barack Obama will sit down with his...
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What a solar eclipse and laser physics could teach us about malaria-carrying...
Just after noon on Thursday, a shadow passed in front of the sun, and the skies above East Africa dimmed. It was the middle of the day, yet it looked like evening.As the solar eclipse began, I was in a...
View ArticleWe’re finding more links between immune responses and our ‘body clocks’
Earlier this year, scientists in the UK concluded that a morning flu shot may actually be more effective than the same vaccine administered in the afternoon, suggesting that our immune responses may...
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