Apr 16 WATCH LIVE: TESS, NASA’s new exoplanet hunter, launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket By Jason Steffen, The Conversation NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than 200,000 stars to discover thousands of exoplanets, ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants. Continue reading
Apr 14 Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food and nutrition By Sheril Kirshenbaum, Douglas Buhler, The Conversation Affluent consumers may have more access to information about food than lower-income earners, but they are just as vulnerable to misinformation. Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch 8:56 How Facebook does business By Miles O'Brien Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg finished his visit to Capitol Hill with another long hearing Wednesday. After two days, do we have a better understanding of how the social media giant gathers data? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien joins Amna… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 6:09 The science of using your expectations to relieve pain By Nsikan Akpan Traditional healing is used around the world, from acupuncture to laying of hands to yoga. How do these alternative remedies work to heal the body and the brain? As part of our series ScienceScope and in cooperation with the Pulitzer… Continue watching
Apr 11 The placebo effect’s role in healing, explained By Erik Vance The placebo effect influences all types of healing, from yoga to laying of hands to your doctor's office. We journeyed from Mexico to Maryland to learn how it works. Continue reading
Apr 10 Quiz: How much do you know about your internet privacy? By Rhana Natour We made a quiz to test your knowledge. Continue reading
Apr 09 Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore Harbor with a dash of humor By Fedor Kossakovski Invented by a Baltimore local, Mr. Trash Wheel has collected more than 1.5 million pounds of garbage since May 2014. Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 1:54 Kenya racing to preserve rhino subspecies after last white male died By Zachary Green After the world's last male northern white rhino died in Kenya two weeks ago, scientists are hoping in vitro fertilization with the last two females can save the subspecies from extinction. The government is also using the rhino’s death as… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 4:32 How a self-taught fossil hunter made his biggest discovery By Pamela Kirkland In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, this self-taught paleontologist has been looking for dinosaurs in creek beds and rivers for more than 30 years, and has become something of a legend in the field. Then, outside a NASA… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 5:48 Can solar energy speed Puerto Rico’s recovery? Here’s what it would take By Nsikan Akpan It’s been just over six months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and roughly 150,000 people still do not have power. A string of grassroots efforts aims to jumpstart the grid with solar energy. Science producer Nsikan Akpan explains… Continue watching