Aug 11 Hyperactive Perseid meteor shower starts tonight By Harry Zahn The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to be especially spectacular this year. Continue reading
Aug 11 New technique sees brain gene activity in living color By Sharon Begley, STAT A new neuroimaging tool shows for the first time where genes are being turned on or off in living brains. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 8:16 How machines are learning to read your mood By PBS News Hour Can artificial intelligence be emotionally intelligent? In Boston, researchers have programed BB-8, the little droid from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” to detect expressions and determine how people are feeling. And that technology is being adapted for marketing, video games,… Continue watching
Aug 10 This year’s innovative Olympic gear designed to protect health too By Leigh Anne Tiffany This year, at the Rio 2016 Olympics, advances in wearable tech serve a purpose beyond performance: protecting an athlete’s health. From sportswear designers, here are four innovations created for these Olympic games. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 6:26 Bringing new life to ‘Patient H.M.,’ the man who couldn’t make memories By PBS News Hour His story is a staple in psychology classes, but his identity wasn’t known for years: Henry Molaison, the man who lost his ability to form new memories after a lobotomy. In “Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family… Continue watching
Aug 09 How a ‘custody war’ broke out over a famous patient’s damaged brain By Jeffrey Brown In the new book "Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets," Luke Dittrich tells the story of the man known to science for decades under that moniker. But Dittrich does something more, because the man who performed… Continue reading
Aug 08 Can music make you a better athlete? By Lora Strum Music can be a stimulant or a sedative. It can also improve athletic performance by enhancing mood, improving muscle control and helping the brain build key muscle memories, according to London researcher Costas Karageorghis. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 25:10 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Aug. 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, Aug. 7, rebels in Syria advance on government forces in the embattled city of Aleppo, peace talks aimed at resolving Yemen’s 16-month civil war are suspended and the Obama administration declassifies its playbook for drone… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Concerns grow as fentanyl fuels rise in opioid overdose deaths By PBS News Hour According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999. But amid growing concern over the country’s problem with heroin and prescription opioids, a lesser-known drug in that same group is just… Continue watching
Aug 06 Feds approve controversial plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes to fight Zika By Kamala Kelkar As the Zika virus continued to spread in Florida, federal officials on Friday approved a plan to release millions of mutant mosquitoes there in hopes they can suppress the disease-carrying insect’s population. Continue reading