LED surfboards could light the way for fewer shark attacks, scientists say
Researchers at Macquarie University have discovered a way to trick sharks into leaving surfers alone.
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New invention uses animal bones to filter water, promising a nearly 'zero cost' solution to water filtration
Middle schooler Tina Jin was looking for a sustainable solution to clean water filtration and saw potential in the honeycomb-like structure of animal bones.
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Gophers were given one day to revive Mount St. Helens — and their impact on its ecosystem has lasted decades
By unearthing microbes and fungi, these rodents helped save an ecosystem almost decimated by the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Cloned black-footed ferret gives birth in historic first, a victory for the highly endangered species
Meet Sibert and Red Cloud, baby black-footed ferrets that mark the first successful live births from a cloned endangered species.
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Quincy Jones' most charitable impacts, from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation to 'We Are The World'
World-famous producer Quincy Jones was known for his impact on the music industry, but he also touched countless lives around the world through his humanitarian efforts.
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New art exhibit invites people to talk politics at the dinner table: 'If we can’t speak to each other, I don’t know how we have a democracy'
Family meals have taken on a new kind of tension in recent years as politics become increasingly polarizing. Ahead of Election Day, a museum curator wanted to face that problem head on.
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First, rats were trained to sniff out landmines and tuberculosis. Now, they're detecting wildlife smugglers
Rats trained by researchers at nonprofit Apopo may soon be the next fleet of scent-sniffing heroes to save wildlife.
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