Robotic balloons to explore Venus? An Oregon company is working on it The space agency NASA has chosen a small Tillamook-based aerospace company to design and test robotic balloons for future scientific exploration of... Tom Banse
Expect More Tropical Storms, NOAA Warns NOAA is updating its definition of what a "normal" Atlantic hurricane season looks like, based on the last 30 years. The average number of hurricanes in the new normal has risen from 6 to 7. Rebecca Hersher
Andrew Pelling: How Can Plants Help Rebuild The Human Body? An ear made from an apple, a spinal cord rebuilt using asparagus...it sounds like bizarre science fiction. But Andrew Pelling is working on a way to revive human tissue with a trip to the supermarket. NPR/TED Staff
Woman Gets New Windpipe In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a trachea. These kinds of transplants are one of the last big transplant challenges. Richard Harris
With Mini Helicopter On Mars, NASA Hopes To Reinvent Flight 'On Another World' The successful deployment of Ingenuity brings NASA one step closer to its first attempt at testing the possibility of powered, controlled flight on another planet. Chloee Weiner
New CDC Guidance Lifts Most Domestic Travel Restrictions For Fully Vaccinated People Guidance released Friday allows fully vaccinated people to travel domestically without getting tested or self-quarantining, but advises them to keep practicing mitigation measures to protect others. Rachel Treisman
Bonobos Offer Clues To Why Humans Evolved To Value Niceness Humans evolved to be nice — at least sometimes. The trait has helped us succeed as a species. But how did it happen? A look at some peace-loving apes in Democratic Republic of the Congo offers clues. Jon Hamilton
In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing Kelp forests along Northern California have almost vanished. Divers and scientists are racing to stop purple sea urchins from taking over critical habitat. Lauren Sommer
Scientists Get Closer To Redefining The Length Of A Second A group of scientists from Boulder, Colo., compared three different atomic clocks. It's a step toward redefining the length of a second. Christopher Intagliata
Researchers Are One Step Closer To Redefining The Second Researchers with the Boulder Atomic Clock Optical Network Collaboration are one step closer to replacing the current atomic clock and officially redefining the second.
