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Magnetic North Pole Continues Its Movement Towards Siberia

The true north is not where it used to be. According to a report issued by the National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI), the magnetic north pole of the Earth has been moving so fast in recent decades that the old calculations are no longer accurate enough for navigation, scientists say. On Monday scientists issued an update on… Read more »

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Self-healing DNA may protect astronauts from killer radiation | Michelle Thaller

Read more at BigThink.com: Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink Michelle Thaller: So Peter, you ask a really good question about radiation perhaps being a limiting factor in human exploration. And honestly this is something that…

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Administrator Bridenstine: Twin Spacecraft Launch to Study the Earth

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks about the GRACE Follow-on (GRACE-FO) mission to track Earth’s water movement. GRACE-FO is scheduled to launch May 22, 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The mission will monitor…

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Macaques Use Tools to Shuck Oysters | One Strange Rock

Macaques on an island off Thailand have learned to use stones as tools to shuck oysters. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ ONE STRANGE ROCK AIRS MONDAYS 10/9c. About One Strange Rock From award-winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky comes a mind-bending, thrilling journey…