Sep 15 With FaceID, Apple's iPhone X wades into Fifth Amendment gray area By Michael Boulter Could FaceID on Apple's iPhone X pose a conflict of self-incrimination? Legal experts weigh in. Continue reading
Sep 14 Let Cassini live forever with these desktop and smartphone wallpapers By Julia Griffin After 20 years and 5 billion miles traveled, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will plummet Friday into Saturn, but you can keep the mission alive with these NewsHour-crafted backgrounds for your computers and smartphones. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 8:25 Why NASA's Cassini will take a fiery swan dive into Saturn By PBS News Hour Some 800 million miles away, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has orbited Saturn and captured images of its rings and icy moons. After nearly 5 billion miles traveled and 20 years of sending revealing data from the gas giant, Cassini is winding… Continue watching
Sep 13 Analysis: Why NASA's Cassini probe had to be destroyed By Fedor Kossakovski The death of NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a matter of life or… well…life. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch Could genetically engineered mice reduce Lyme disease? By PBS News Hour Lyme disease has become part of daily life for residents on the rural Massachusetts islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, where the tick population has exploded. Now a scientist at MIT is turning to a different culprit -- infected white-footed… Continue watching
Sep 08 Human echolocators 'see' with sound. Here's what that actually looks like. By Teresa Carey Using math and painstaking experiments, a group from the UK modeled how the sounds from the nuanced mouth clicks of human echolocators travel around a room. Continue reading
Sep 08 Southern Mexico shaken by deadly 8.1 earthquake, its strongest in a century By Nsikan Akpan The earthquake also sparked a series of relatively small tsunamis that hit the Chiapas coastline. Continue reading
Sep 07 Hurricane Irma's staggering power in numbers By Nsikan Akpan As Hurricane Irma churns north of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba, before setting its course toward the U.S., here are some numbers you should keep in mind. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 7:39 How Pittsburgh is test driving tech to make your commute smarter By PBS News Hour Robotics experts at Carnegie Mellon University are harnessing technology to address the rush-hour traffic that plagues commuters across the country. Using artificial intelligence and existing infrastructure, their software could reshape the daily commute for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians by reducing… Continue watching
Sep 05 Column: Why we shouldn't push students to specialize in STEM too early By Annette Jacobson Today’s high school students are expected to decide on a life path early, and dedicate everything to pursuing that track, especially those considering a major or career in STEM. While it can produce students with high technical capabilities, this hyper… Continue reading