Science Sep 18 How did life on Earth begin? It's one of the biggest unanswered questions in science: How did life on Earth begin? Biochemists are breaking apart early Earth molecules to find out how RNA and DNA formed.
Science Sep 17 Are you getting enough vitamin A? Probably, but half of the world isn’t Scientists are genetically modifying crops like rice to get vitamin A into impoverished diets in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. NewsHour explains why this vitamin is so important, where you can get it and why you shouldn't eat polar bear…
Science Sep 11 Scientists develop new method for detecting illegal ‘bath salts’ drugs Scientists have developed a new method for identifying illegal “bath salts,” synthetic drugs recently banned in the United States.
Science Sep 10 This telescope is so extreme, the weak of heart need not apply Deadly altitudes, breathtaking skies, treacherous roads, wild donkeys -- it's all part of working on the most sophisticated telescope in the world.
Science Sep 04 ‘Mushroom’ sea creature makes a new branch on the tree of life A mushroom-shaped animal found deep in the ocean doesn’t fit anywhere on the tree of life. Dendrogramma enigmatica and Dendrogramma discoides are only a few millimeters wide, with a wide disc at one end and long stalk with a…
Science Sep 04 What happens to a marsh when sea levels rise? What happens to a 2,000 year-old marsh when sea levels rise? Scientists have been studying the Plum Island Estuary to find out.
Science Aug 07 Engineers want to fill up your tank with sunlight Experiments with solar power hope to answer a burning question: can we harness enough solar energy to make fuel for cars?…
Science Aug 06 Miles O’Brien returns to the site of Japan’s nuclear disaster three years later In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake shook Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear disaster. Since then, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien has provided some of the most in-depth reporting on the subject to-date. He has traveled…
Science Aug 01 Firefighters get high tech to douse wildfires Using satellites, communication networks and weather sensors computer scientists have created WIFIRE, which analyzes burning wildfires and predicts where they will spread.