Innovations to Fight New England Ticks, Pt. 2: On the Move
Tick populations aren't staying put. One particularly troublesome tick is moving north and east towards New England, while others are expanding their ranges from this area and to the north and west....
View ArticleShip Noise Disrupts Whale Communication, Researchers Say
There's some news today from the Atlantic, but you have to hear it to understand. The first sound in the above clip is right whales, just off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The second is a large...
View ArticleInnovations to Fight New England Ticks: Complete Series
Ticks are responsible for at least 10 known diseases in the U.S., and their population is booming on the Cape and Islands. So it's no surprise there's an urgency to attack the problem. WGBH's Sean...
View ArticleInnovations to Fight New England Ticks, Pt. 3: Tick Begone!
Ticks are responsible for at least 10 known diseases in the U.S., and their population is booming on the Cape and Islands. So it's no surprise there's an urgency to attack the problem. WGBH's Sean...
View ArticleWeek in Review: Ocean Health Index, and a Few Surprises
If last week was all about Mars, this week is all about the ocean. The top story is a new Ocean Health Index. An international team of scientists (including Scott Doney of Woods Hole Oceanographic...
View ArticleKeep Track of Hurricane Isaac
Update: As of midday Aug. 28, Isaac had grown to hurricane strength and was forecast to make landfall in the evening. You can follow its path in real time: Google is tracking the system via its crisis...
View ArticleLiving Lab Week in Review: Bowhead Sighting, Stoney Controversy
The local science institutions have been brimming with news lately. We'll do this rundown in geographical order, starting on the outermost tip of the Cape and working our way back.
View ArticleOcean Health Index: What's in a Number?
Imagine this: your spouse (best friend, sibling) has just been in a bad car accident. You rush to the hospital and pounce on the doctor.
View ArticleMeet Heather Goldstone and Living Lab
WGBH science editor Heather Goldstone, best known as the brains behind the Climatide blog, has launched a new show and blog. Climatide focused on how climate change is affecting Cape Cod. Living Lab...
View ArticleVoyager's Merav Opher on Touching the Edge of Our Solar System
Friday afternoon is the perfect time to take a trip. And if you think it takes forever to get to Tanglewood on the Mass Pike or through Connecticut on 84, you’ve got nothing on Voyager 1.
View ArticlePhotographing Science on Ice
Chris Linder is a scientist–turned–award-winning science photographer. Over the past 10 years, he has photographed more than 30 science expeditions, including 16 to the polar regions. Four of those...
View ArticleThe Scary Math of EEE Prevention
What is a human life worth? That’s really the question at the heart of a controversy brewing over aerial pesticide spraying to kill mosquitos that may carry the viruses responsible for West Nile or...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: The Charles River
Charles River, From the Archives, History, Boston Globe, Photography
View ArticleXconomy Report: The Post-PC Universe
What does the future of software look like? Well, increasingly it’s on your smartphone or tablet, not on your PC or laptop. And more people will use mobile devices than ever used PCs. There are more...
View ArticleComing to Grips with Doctor Shortages
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, tens of millions of previously uninsured Americans will be looking for a primary-care doctor. It's not an exaggeration to say the success of the Affordable...
View ArticleZipcar Drivers and the Myth of the Ethical Consumer
New data suggests that Zipcar users are acting out of self-interest rather than ethical impulse.
View ArticleA Researcher's View of Greenland's Big Thaw
There's nothing like a bird's-eye view to really put big events into perspective...or is there? On the heels of a giant iceberg that broke off Greenland's Petermann glacier, NASA last week announced...
View ArticleReal Signs of Global Warming
Kara Miller talks with journalist Bill McKibben and Harvard's Daniel Schrag about global warming and the very real symptoms we're seeing play out across the world.
View ArticleBeachgoers on Edge After Shark Attack
In Truro, Mass., what's believed to be the first attack by a great white shark in 76 years frightened beachgoers and sent a man to the hospital this week.
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