Humans have caused some big changes on land, in the ocean, and even in the air. Some of those changes have impacted vast amounts of species including in here in the Southeastern part of the nation. Science and conservation are wonderful tools to help address some of those impacts. Many species have been wiped out, but with a little planning, work, and luck scientists are hoping to give some of these dwindling species a shot at a comeback.
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The pandemic has caused a lot of new medical science to be explored, but all the other science work must get done too! Part of that work includes better understanding our planet’s biological history, including extinct animals! Why have ancient rats and cats been in the science news lately? -
You know what they say, folks: Birds of a feather, flock together! Well, dinos of a scale, may flock together as well! It’s a slant rhyme, people. Come on! Get excited, we’re about to dig into some brand new dino-science!
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The science community had some great news to start off this week, a historic first ever, powered, controlled flight on another planet!! There are a lot of articles being shared all over the world in regard to this massive achievement, but we wanted to take a moment to explore how something like this is possible in the first place.
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For most of us, our daily lives involve highways, roads, and parking lots. Cars have become an undeniable presence nearly everywhere on Earth that has humans. What about the future though? Will we continue to only expand one mode of transportation?
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Do you remember the year 2004? Let's take a little stroll back in time. Back to when Mean Girls was on the big screen, Usher’s "Burn" was heating up the Billboard charts, and the TV show Friends aired its final episode. Also, that was the last time 15 states in the US experienced the 17 year periodic Cicada emergence! If we move forward 17 years from then that takes us to today and the process is happening again.
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Tens of millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine have started to make their way around the globe. But, we will still need many more to effectively vaccinate our entire human family - especially those in countries with limited resources for logistics. This means we'll need more companies and more types of shots to address global needs. I
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The pandemic has been a game changer for so many aspects of life here on Earth. We’ve seen the global crisis impact everything from economics to health care systems and beyond. Some changes made from the pandemic will have long lasting impacts on topics like schools, offices, and entertainment venues to name a few. Birth rates too were impacted by the pandemic.
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Humanity now has a few tools to helping address the novel coronavirus pandemic. Here in the United States the FDA has three vaccines now authorized for emergency use. The latest vaccine offering is made possible by the Johnson & Johnson company.
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As the world continues to combat the pandemic everyone is paying a lot of attention to symptoms like a runny nose and watery eyes. Be sure to pay attention to why you’re having those symptoms though because it could very well be because of something in the air. No, not a virus, but the annual release of springtime pollen! A
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How close are we to a real life Jurassic Park? Can scientists even clone an extinct species?
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In human history, the sighting of comets has often been associated with a lot of doom and gloom like turbulent political tensions and uncontrollable diseases! T -
Science is often a great way to find solutions to modern day issues. We've figured out how to easily communicate with folks around the world, 3-D print parts for a space station, and through many contributions have increased the quality of life in many places around the globe. The novel coronavirus though has given us a whole new challenge. Top experts are busy working on a vaccine, but till then what do scientists around the world suggest we do?
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The global pandemic currently makes it so we can’t go visit exotic places, but sometimes pieces of the exotic places come to us! A whole bunch of Saharan dust is heading our way. Will there be Saharan dust in the weather?
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Over the years many housing policies and planning practices have shaped how neighborhoods and cities in our nation have grown. Sadly, many of these decisions were made using unfairly derived metrics and survey results. Now science is being used to show the relationships between various neighborhoods, their historic policies, and their current quality of life.
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This has come with some public criticism including how some folks can’t seem to recognize each other without their noses and mouths being clearly visible.
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There’s a lot of history being made these days. Cultural issues, global health concerns, and many world wide infrastructural concerns can be seen all over the news. With all these important events happening science too is making some history
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The way we digest the news impacts our physical and mental health. In fact, some scientists are saying that our relationship with the news could even impact our dreams. As COVID-19 related news continues to evolve we find ourselves tuned in more and more to news outlets.
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There are places all over the globe that are taking on medical and economic issues through a global pandemic and many of them have varying numbers and situations unique to individual regions.
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2020 has certainly been a tough year so far. Not only have we been dealing with a global pandemic, but now we’re hearing news about Murder Hornets! What is going on here? Murder Hornets?!? Really?!? Listen to this Question Your World radio report produced by the Science Museum of Virginia to find out.
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Just about everything is closed and no one’s really going out, but somehow we are still having FOMO!! Why is COVID-19 giving us FOMO? Listen to Question Your World produced by the Science Museum of Virginia to learn more.
