Feb 21 Watch 7:41 The science of measuring North Korea’s destructive nuclear power from afar By Miles O'Brien The Trump administration considers North Korea's nuclear and missile programs the top threat to American national security. How much do we really know about their nuclear devices? In the second of a series, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on how… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 6:43 Morocco turns the Sahara desert into a solar energy oasis By Monica Villamizar Morocco says it wants to be the Saudi Arabia of solar energy. Its flagship project is a first-of-its-kind, $9-billion energy plant called Noor, meaning "light" in Arabic, and the size of the city of Paris. Special correspondent Monica Villamizar reports… Continue watching
Feb 18 From drugged oysters to birds full of plastic, oceans are feeling the burden of pollution By Danielle Venton, KQED Scientists are finding a growing presence of pharmaceuticals, small pieces of plastic and household chemicals in the bodies of Pacific razor clams, Pacific oysters and remote seabirds. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 7:45 This American scientist has seen North Korea’s nuclear program up close By Miles O'Brien How advanced is North Korea's nuclear weapons program? Just ask the few Western experts who have seen glimpses of the program and its evolution, like nuclear scientist Sig Hecker, who has visited seven times and given eye-opening access to their… Continue watching
Feb 11 The future of genetically modified mosquitoes could be in mini, moveable labs By Lev Facher, STAT Late last year Oxitec debuted its first “mobile production unit” — a miniature factory designed to help expand its reach. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 8:20 Can Houston prevent disaster when the next storm comes? By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson, Gretchen Frazee Houston, known as the Bayou City, is no stranger to flooding. But the record-breaking rains and devastating deluge of Hurricane Harvey helped expose a disconnect between developers building on flood-vulnerable land and home buyers who might not have realized the… Continue watching
Feb 06 Watch 5:09 Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. His reusable Falcon Heavy rocket is now one leap closer By PBS News Hour SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, a successful liftoff brought to fruition by Elon Musk’s private company. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins John Yang to discuss the historical launch and… Continue watching
Feb 05 WATCH: SpaceX launches the Falcon Heavy, the rocket that could go to Mars By Rashmi Shivni SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has a history-making test launch on February 6. Continue reading
Feb 04 Desegregating blood: A civil rights struggle to remember By Thomas A. Guglielmo, The Conversation Until 1950 the Red Cross segregated blood. Starting during World War II, thousands of African-Americans forced the Red Cross to include them as donors and helped pave the way for activism of the 1960s. Continue reading
Feb 03 Physicians, ethicists urge Congress not to pass ‘right-to-try’ legislation By Ike Swetlitz, STAT Dozens of doctors, medical ethicists, and lawyers are warning Congress that legislation to allow Americans with life-threatening conditions access to unapproved, experimental drugs risks harming patients’ health. Continue reading