Posted: February 6, 2019

Question Your World: Are Our Winters Getting Warmer?

As millions of Americans finally warm up after last week’s polar vortex event, air temperature is on a lot of people’s minds, especially climate scientists. The chilly polar air made some headlines for sure, but the infrequency of cold snaps has scientists asking a pretty big question.

Question Your World: Are Our Winters Getting Warmer?
Posted: January 30, 2019

Question Your World: How Is AI Discovering Extinct Human Relatives?

Over centuries, thanks to advances in science and technology, we have been piecing together the story of our own human evolution. The twists and turns in the story of our origins have made headlines for quite a while now, but when brand new technology is involved, the discoveries become even more remarkable!

Question Your World: How Is AI Discovering Extinct Human Relatives?
Posted: January 17, 2019

Question Your World: How Can We Make Plants More Efficient?

Recently scientists worked on a new way to engineer plants to be more productive and spend less energy while cleaning up occasional cellular messes.

Question Your World: How Can We Make Plants More Efficient?
Posted: November 14, 2018

Question Your World: Is Humanity Using Too Much Light?

Earth from space is a beautiful sight. We can not only see pretty patterns created by our lights on the dark side of the planet, but over time we've also seen the amount of these lights on Earth grow. More people means more lights.

Question Your World: Is Humanity Using Too Much Light?
Posted: October 31, 2018

Question Your World: What’s Going On with the Largest Living Organism?

We often talk about plants and trees because they are simply that important! They all matter, the small ones to the big ones. Right now scientists are looking at the biggest one.

Question Your World: What’s Going On with the Largest Living Organism?