Lawmaker Wants To Ban Orcas At San Diego's SeaWorld
NPR | March 07, 2014 4:33 p.m.
The California Democrat, who says he was inspired by a controversial documentary, has proposed a bill to prohibit the park from keeping the animals.
Second Baby Cleared Of HIV. Rare Event, Or Hope For Others?
NPR | March 07, 2014 5:01 a.m.
A second child seems to have been cleared of the AIDS virus, thanks to heavy-duty drugs started just hours after birth. This spring researchers plan to test that approach in 60 more newborns.
Boy Meets Painting. Painting Grabs Boy. Boy Mystified
NPR | March 07, 2014 4:58 a.m.
What was it for you? A song? A movie? A poem? For me, it was a painting. I was grabbed by a work of art that said I know you. I've been waiting. And I fell. Totally. Why does that happen?
How Yosemite Keeps Its Bears' Paws Off Campers' Hamburgers
NPR | March 06, 2014 10:31 a.m.
The park's bears have developed a taste for humans' food, and that's gotten them in big trouble. But efforts to teach campers to lock up food are helping solve the problem, a bear hair analysis shows.
Even After The Floods, The Drought Continues
NPR | March 05, 2014 5:42 p.m.
The storms that drenched California recently did little to combat one of the state's worst droughts in a century. Farmers in California's Central Valley say they need "Biblical proportions" of rain.
To Clean Drinking Water, All You Need Is A Stick
NPR | March 05, 2014 1:33 p.m.
Removing bacteria and other impurities from water could be done more cheaply thanks to researchers at MIT. They're taking advantage of the way trees move water to filter it.
With Nuclear Waste Dump Closed, Where To Keep Cold War Leftovers?
NPR | March 05, 2014 1:29 p.m.
Workers are about to re-enter a New Mexico waste dump that was hit by a recent accident. The incident is shaping up to be yet another setback in the quest to find a home for America's nuclear waste.
Remembering The Doctor Who Spoke Hard Truths About Dying
NPR | March 05, 2014 1:29 p.m.
Dr. Sherwin Nuland has passed away at the age of 83. The surgeon was best known for his book How We Die. Atul Gawande, a surgeon and writer himself, discusses the late doctor's life.
Is That Someone's House? What Astronauts Can See Looking Down
NPR | March 05, 2014 5:03 a.m.
A mysterious dark spot in downtown Tokyo. A flock of dancing dots in the Pacific. A town that's half orange, half green. Astronaut puzzlers seen from space.
WATCH: Drone Catches Video Of Stampeding Dolphins, Whale Calf
NPR | March 04, 2014 11:35 a.m.
A charter captain uses a quadcopter drone to capture footage of a mega-pod of dolphins off California and a family of Humpback whales in Maui.