Jan 04 Watch 9:27 Demand for clean energy inspires new generation to innovate nuclear power By PBS News Hour The next generation of nuclear power is coming, as concerns about climate change bring the industry out of hibernation. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on how new startups and young scientists are hoping to develop solutions for safely generating vast… Continue watching
Jan 04 She took her amputated leg home, and you can too By Kristin Hugo While doctors may cite concerns with returning removed body parts, legal experts say the practice is acceptable. Here's how one Oklahoman managed the hurdles. Continue reading
Jan 04 Global warming hiatus didn't happen, study finds By Mark Fischetti, Scientific American An independent study confirms NOAA didn't "cook the books" to dismiss claims of a global warming hiatus. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 9:12 Internet history is fragile. This archive is making sure it doesn't disappear By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson What’s online doesn’t necessarily last forever. Content on the Internet is revised and deleted all the time. Hyperlinks “rot,” and with them goes history, lost in space. With that in mind, Brewster Kahle set out to develop the Internet Archive,… Continue watching
Jan 02 Q&A: Why some extreme weather events can now be blamed on climate change By Annie Sneed, Scientific American An old adage said weather events couldn't be tied to climate change, but improvements in computing and statistics now say otherwise. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 4:27 Years after transatlantic slavery, DNA tests give clarity By PBS News Hour DNA ancestry tests in the last decade have helped some African-Americans reconcile with aspects of their identities that might have been obscured during the transatlantic slave trade. Alondra Nelson chronicles this journey in her book, "The Social Life of DNA:… Continue watching
Dec 30 Column: Why you can't fry eggs (or sperm) with a cellphone By Timothy J. Jorgensen for The Conversation Do male cellphone users really risk infertility due to radiation?… Continue reading
Dec 30 How the shock of a lost loved one might cause serious illness By Megan Thielking, Leah Samuel, and Karen Weintraub, STAT Why did Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds die one day apart? Here’s what science can tell us. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 6:58 Budding regulation in one of California's marijuana meccas By PBS NewsHour As more states move to legalize pot, Humboldt County, California, an epicenter of the underground marijuana industry, has begun a new, bold experiment to bring growers out of the shadows and regulate the growth, sale and environmental impact of cannabis. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 7:37 The science that shaped 2016 By PBS News Hour What did 2016 mean for science? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien sits down with William Brangham to discuss some of the more remarkable discoveries, innovations and setbacks this year, including the confirmation of one of Einstein's major predictions, the global outbreak… Continue watching