Science

University of Hawaiʻi computer scientist Kim Binsted talks about the the HI-SEAS program on Maunaloa, which simulates missions to the moon and to Mars.

UH computer scientist Kim Binsted talks about the HI-SEAS program; Hawaiʻi-based playwright Diane Aoki talks about “Memory Beads,” her upcoming play about family and memory.

Astrophysicist Imke de Pater spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about new research uncovering the origin of two mysterious rings surrounding Uranus.

Oceanographer and physicist Helen Czerski explains how the ocean's physics the Earth ahead of a talk at UH at Mānoa.

In March, some areas got 3,000% more rain than normal as two Kona lows moved across the state, according to the Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal.

A group of researchers has tapped into the community to get extensive water quality data after the storms. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote talked to the researchers about the effort.

Two Kona low storms have hit Hawaiʻi over the last month, creating serious flood conditions in many parts of the state. University of Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal Mesonet Director Thomas Giambelluca explained what created those conditions and what it could mean for future storms.

Bishop Museum CEO Kristofer Heglen shares new research on two marsupial species previously thought to be extinct but were recently rediscovered alive in New Guinea.

A newly funded program will support research into coral reef restoration in American Samoa. The Conversation spoke with Kelley Anderson Tagarino, who works with the UH Sea Grant College Program and has lived in American Samoa since 2009.

New research from University of Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology professor Joshua Madin shows how complex coral structure can increase a reef's chances of survival.