Jan 28 Watch 6:25 Remembering Challenger, a disaster that shook up the space program By PBS News Hour Thirty years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff, a tragedy that was broadcast on live television. Nationwide excitement for the mission turned to horror over the crew of seven who died on board. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien… Continue watching
Jan 28 The story of Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space By Justin Scuiletti Barbara Morgan first trained to go into space in the 1980s as part of the Teachers in Space Project. Continue reading
Jan 28 Ancient mammoth bones discovered under Oregon State’s stadium By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix An expansion project at Oregon State University’s Reser Stadium has uncovered ancient mammoth bones under the football field’s end zone. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 8:08 How a computer program became champion of the world’s trickiest board game By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Google artificial intelligence beats champion at world’s most complicated board game By Nsikan Akpan Go is considered the most complicated game in human history. Google has now built an artificial intelligence program that can beat a professional player. Continue reading
Jan 27 7 DIY experiments you and rapper B.o.B can do to prove Earth is round By Nsikan Akpan Because apparently it’s still an open debate...?… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch 7:25 Hunt for gold in Washington’s waterways dredges up conflict By PBS News Hour Gold fever is alive in the mountains of Washington state, but the use of new machinery in waterways is causing conflict with activists. Local fishermen are pushing for regulations on hydraulic dredging, a method that boosts the efficacy of small-scale… Continue watching
Jan 25 New mutant monkeys model the inheritance of autism By Nsikan Akpan These genetically modified monkeys exhibit some of the social deficits and anxiety behaviors observed in human autism and may help uncover new therapies. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:43 We can’t see this possible 9th planet, but we feel its presence By PBS News Hour Most of us grew up thinking there were nine planets in the solar system, but that changed when Pluto got downgraded in 2006. Now there's news that there might be a ninth planet after all. Researchers have found evidence of… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 4:52 Inside the fight to save the bananas we know (and love) By PBS News Hour A deadly fungus, known as Panama disease, is decimating banana plantations around the world and threatens to wipe out the most common species, the Cavendish banana. Scientists in Honduras are working to create a resistant banana before the disease hits… Continue watching