NPR2 hours agoOnce lost to science, these "uncharismatic" animals are having their moment : Short Waveverified_publisherNPR - Anil Oza, Rebecca Ramirez , Margaret CirinoHistoric numbers of animals across the globe have become endangered or extinct. And according to the United Nations, the rate at which species are being pushed to extinction is accelerating. But, some of these species sit in limbo. They're not definitively extinct, yet they're missing from the …
NPR12 hours agoPFAS 'forever chemicals' could be contaminating millions of acres of farmlandverified_publisherNPR - Teresa HomsiBiosolids (a byproduct of wastewater treatment) are often used as fertilizer. But toxic "forever chemicals", or PFAS, could be contaminating that fertilizer, along with millions of acres of farmland.
NPR13 hours agoMilky Way black hole has 'strong, twisted' magnetic field in mesmerizing new imageverified_publisherNPR - Bill ChappellThe black hole at the center of our galaxy has been compared to a doughnut — and as it turns out, this doughnut has swirls. Scientists shared a mesmerizing new image on Wednesday, showing Sagittarius A* in unprecedented detail. The polarized light image shows the black hole's magnetic field …
NPR16 hours agoThe Colorado River rarely reaches the sea. Here's whyverified_publisherNPR - Nathan RottFor most of its 6 million-year existence, the Colorado River ran from the Continental Divide, high in the Rocky Mountains, downward and west, through forest and red rock, to a lush delta at the northernmost tip of the Gulf of California. Its winding descent carved, among other wonders, what people …
NPR23 hours agoWhy a town on the front line of America's energy transition isn't letting go of coalverified_publisherNPR - Kirk SieglerKEMMERER, Wyo. — A few weeks before Christmas last year, Cliff Green, a mechanic at the Black Butte Coal mine in southern Wyoming, received the dreaded pink slip, after four years of steady work. Green is 47 with a dry sense of humor. In a black Carhartt hoodie, his big hands are swollen from years …
NPR1 day agoHere's what to know about dengue, as Puerto Rico declares a public health emergencyverified_publisherNPR - Joe HernandezPuerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year. It's the latest area to grapple with a surge of infections of the mosquito-borne disease, which sickens an estimated 100–400 million people globally each …