Jun 28 49 ways to celebrate the most perfect (math) day of the year By Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American June 28—6/28 or 28/6—is the most mathematically perfect day of the year (and Tau day). Celebrate by befriending a perfect number. Continue reading
Jun 28 Two new vaccines ward off Zika in mice By Andrew Joseph, STAT Two vaccines under development protect mice against the Zika virus for at least two months, a new study shows. Continue reading
Jun 28 Amber fossils tell 99 million-year-old story of unusual baby birds By Nsikan Akpan A pair of 99 million-year-old fossils reveal Cretaceous baby birds with finger claws and adultlike feathers. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 24:48 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, June 26, Scottish leaders are pushing to exit the UK to preserve Scotland's membership in the EU. Also, immigrants who came to the UK for economic opportunities are worried after the Brexit vote -- what… Continue watching
Jun 24 Naked lizard proves hair, scales and feathers descend from single reptilian ancestor, study says By Leigh Anne Tiffany A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a scaleless mutant lizard. Continue reading
Jun 24 Gigantic, floating screen sets course to sift plastic from oceans By Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American If the prototype is successful, a full-scale 100-kilometer-long barrier will be strung out in the Pacific Ocean to collect some 68 million kilograms of floating plastic and trash. Continue reading
Jun 23 People want self-driving cars to value passenger safety over pedestrians, study says By Julia Griffin Researchers find a moral inconsistency around self-driving vehicles that could present roadblocks to greater public safety. Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 52:56 PBS NewsHour full episode June 22, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Britain prepares for Thursday’s vote to exit the European Union. Also: The IMF’s dire conclusions on the U.S. economy, Congress and President Obama reach a rare accord on toxic chemicals, a teen prodigy may give speech… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 3:22 Could the United States finally adopt the metric system? By PBS News Hour The United States, Liberia and Myanmar are the only countries in the world that do not officially use the metric system for weights and measurements. On the brink of Thursday’s Brexit vote, author Daniel Pink wonders when, if ever, the… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 4:29 Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless By PBS News Hour At age nine, Arsh Shah Dilbagi asked his parents for a puppy; they gave him a Lego kit instead. Undeterred, Arsh used it to construct a dog. Now 17, the tech prodigy is still building his dreams from scratch. His… Continue watching