U.S. Gives Conditional OK To Shell Oil For Drilling Off Alaska's Arctic Shore
The company wants to resume drilling in the Chukchi Sea off northwestern Alaska; it broke off that effort in 2012 because of safety problems.
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The Great 'Beyond': Contemplating Life, Sex And Elevators In Space
Astronomer Chris Impey discusses the future of space travel, sex in space and the connection between science and Buddhism. Impey is the author of Beyond: Our Future in Space.
In 'Rise Of Animals,' Sir David Attenborough Tells Story Of Vertebrates
The 89-year-old British naturalist's two-part special explores fossil evidence on how evolution moved past bugs and worms and trilobites, and how the Chinese are helping fill gaps in that knowledge.
If Science Could 'Clone A Mammoth,' Could It Save An Elephant?
De-extinction technology could soon bring back lost species — or preserve endangered ones. In her new book, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro explores the scientific and ethical challenges.
Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Milestone
NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Pieter Tans of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory about greenhouse gas emissions surpassing 400 parts per million.
At 13 Billion Light-Years Away, Galaxy Is Farthest To Be Measured From Earth
A new glimpse of what the universe looked like in its youth has been captured. Researchers say light from galaxy EGS-zs8-1 has spent the past 13 billion years traveling to Earth.
Promises, Promises: Is Big Food Marketing Less Junk To Kids On TV?
Back in 2006, food-industry giants pledged to market only "better-for-you" foods to children. A new study concludes they kept to the letter of that pledge, but not the spirit.
Georgia Tech Studies Chickens' Emotions Based On Their Clucks
When a chicken speaks, it's hard to tell whether it's a happy or sad cluck. That's what a research team at Georgia Tech is trying to decipher by recording more than 1,000 hours of chickens clucking.
The Virus That Kills Cancer
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The holy grail of health care, arguably, is a cure for cancer. For decades we've relied on treatments like radiation therapy and chemotherapy, which don't always work and can have some horrible side-effects. After all, chemotherapy was inspired by mustard gas around the time of World War I. But cancer cells are part of our own bodies so they are always with us, and our immune system recognizes them and kills them.
A Fish With Cancer Raises Questions About Health Of Susquehanna River
The smallmouth bass with a malignant tumor was caught late last year near Duncannon, Pa. Officials say it's the first time such a tumor has been found in the state on that type of fish.