Feb 10 What engineers are doing about the 300-foot hole in California's Oroville Dam spillway By Dave Berndtson Heavy rains are washing away California’s drought, but now a new problem has surfaced for state officials. Continue reading
Feb 10 A short history of AI schooling humans at their own games By Andrew Wagner Through chess, Jeopardy, poker and checkers, Deep Blue, Watson, Libratus and Chinook changed the way humans think about artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 2:42 What happens when the zoo has a snow day By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, we peek in on Portland’s Oregon Zoo, and learn how both animals and zookeepers cope with snowstorms. Continue watching
Feb 09 How the House science committee may try to weaken the EPA By Annie Sneed, Scientific American House Committee on Science, Space and Technology will likely push reforms that many fear will meddle with the scientific process. Continue reading
Feb 09 Pill bugs emerged from the sea to conquer the Earth By Joshua Cassidy, KQED Science Pill bugs are more closely related to shrimp and lobsters than crickets or butterflies -- plus other little known facts about roly polies. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 14:12 Cancer immunotherapy has life-saving powers -- and limits By PBS News Hour For some patients, the body’s own natural immune system is being used to fight their cancer. Meet a woman who has lived years past her doctors’ prognosis, thanks to the emerging field of immunotherapy. Then Hari Sreenivasan discusses the promise… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 3:28 Massive ice shelf break forces Antarctic researchers to evacuate By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, British researchers have monitored changes in the world’s atmosphere from a remote lab in Antarctica for more than 60 years. Now, for the first time the state-of-the-art facility will close -- at… Continue watching
Feb 08 This electronic pill can send Wi-Fi updates from your tummy for days By Nsikan Akpan Scientists have created an ingestible device, powered by energy from your stomach, that can record and transmit health data. Continue reading
Feb 07 This gecko rips off its own skin to escape predators By Kristin Hugo Don't worry. A Geckolepis megolepis gecko's skin can grow back. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 6:12 Diving into the deep ocean to find hope for threatened coral reefs By PBS News Hour A third of the planet’s coral reef ecosystems are at risk of being damaged by warming sea temperatures and subsequent coral bleaching. Is it possible for these sea creatures to survive and adapt? NewsHour’s science producer Nsikan Akpan and producer… Continue watching