Science

Scientists discuss research and science backlash ahead of annual Darwin Day events. And we listen back to a conversation with one of Iowa's few scientific glassblowers.

In her travels around the world, Goodall implores humans to care for their evolutionary relatives.

Kanzi, a bonobo with a famously incredible understanding of language, passed away at age 44. Then, ways Iowans can contribute to scientific research.

Kanzi taught scientists and visitors about bonobos, language and being human.

Jane Goodall is the foremost expert on chimpanzees and has spent the last 40 years advocating for the protection of their habitat and the natural world as a whole.

The Ice Age animal will be on display at the Prairie Trails Museum of Wayne County after its preservation is complete.

In 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a third grade teacher in Riceville, Iowa, decided she needed to teach her students what discrimination really felt like.

Experts in the field are starting to "crop-up."

The James Webb Telescope has provided insight into space's most intriguing mysteries — and prompted more questions.

Instead of regulating fertilizer, Iowa backs a voluntary program that has little impact at reducing nitrate runoff.