Nov 29 Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg launch international fund for clean energy tech By Melanie Saltzman, Nsikan Akpan Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the White House and global leaders have launched two international, multi-billion dollar funds to develop clean energy technologies. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch 7:17 How Einstein’s theory of relativity changed the world By PBS News Hour This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of papers laying out Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. In honor of the anniversary, Gwen Ifill examines how Einstein changed our understanding of the cosmos with Einstein biographer Walter Isaacson. Continue watching
Nov 25 TVs, radar guns and other technologies linked to Einstein’s theories of relativity By Nsikan Akpan If you’ve ever received a speeding ticket, you can thank Albert Einstein. Continue reading
Nov 25 Thanks to Einstein, my starships can break interstellar speed laws By Catherine Asaro Science fiction writer and scientist Catherine Asaro explains what might happen if you could travel faster than light and break Albert Einstein's theoretical speed limit for the universe. Continue reading
Nov 25 UN weather agency: 2015 hottest year on record By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Because of man-made global warming and a strong El Niño, Earth's wild weather this year is bursting the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 8:45 Are pesticides to blame for the massive bee die-off? By PBS News Hour Commercial beekeepers across America have been struggling with great numbers of bee deaths over the past few years. What’s behind their failing health? Some research points to a class of pesticide that’s coated onto a large proportion of corn and… Continue watching
Nov 24 How Einstein inspired me to find a magical piece of mathematics By S. James Gates, Jr. S. James Gates, Jr., a theoretical physicist, explains how geometry, string theory and Einstein's mathematics have brought society closer to a theory of everything. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 3:48 3-D printers put limb prosthetics for kids in reach By PBS News Hour A professor from upstate New York is transforming the world for young people in need of limbs. WXXI's Innovation Trail offers his story in his own words. Continue watching
Nov 23 Watch How to grow an Ebola vaccine with a tobacco plant By PBS News Hour What looks like an ordinary greenhouse is actually an around-the-clock Ebola vaccine factory. At a facility in Kentucky, plants are being injected with a protein in order to spur them into producing one of the three antibodies used in the… Continue watching
Nov 23 These 7 simple airplane fixes could cut carbon emissions in half at little to no cost By Nsikan Akpan U.S. passenger airlines could cut carbon dioxide emissions (and travel headaches) at little to no cost to carriers or consumers, according to a new study. Continue reading