Jun 17 Will climate change stop people from visiting America’s national parks? By Laura Santhanam Climate change might influence attendance at U.S. national parks, which attract 273 million visitors per year and support 238,000 jobs. Continue reading
Jun 16 Chemistry debunks the biggest aspartame health myths By Catherine Woods The American Chemical Society debunks the myths of the sugar substitute aspartame. Continue reading
Jun 16 How bacteria sweat could one day power a robot By Catherine Woods Scientists at Columbia University create a cheap, sustainable energy source from bacteria and evaporation. Continue reading
Jun 15 Web detectives fight illegal poachers By Catherine Woods Scientists use Internet reports to map the countries with the most illegal wildlife trade. Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 4:42 These six people simulated a mission to Mars on a Hawaiian volcano By PBS News Hour A NASA-funded study is focusing on the psychological impact of a potential mission to Mars. For the past eight months, six people have been living in a self-sustaining 1,000 square-foot dome on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii, cut off… Continue watching
Jun 14 European comet lander speaks after seven-month hibernation By Kenzi Abou-Sabe On Saturday, Philae, the European Space Agency's comet lander, communicated with its team on Earth for the first time since going into hibernation in November of last year. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 9:29 Why testing an Ebola vaccine isn’t so easy By PBS News Hour In Sierra Leone and Liberia, where the Ebola epidemic has been a nightmare, the promise of a vaccine offers hope. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the challenges of conducting experimental drug trials there and the desperate need to find… Continue watching
Jun 12 The real killer in the Ebola epidemic By Miles O'Brien Some disasters are more transparent than others. As we departed JFK airport on our way to Brussels and ultimately Freetown, Sierra Leone, we flew right over the Rockaways and Broad Channel, NY. Photojournalist Cameron Hickey was sitting right beside me. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 9:58 Using the power of prediction to halt Ebola in its tracks By PBS News Hour The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,000 lives. But it could have been worse if it wasn’t for sophisticated prediction models. In the third installment in our series Cracking Ebola's Code, science correspondent Miles O’Brien discovers… Continue watching
Jun 11 Synthetic marijuana triggers spike in suspected poisonings By Catherine Woods Synthetic marijuana caused a spike in suspected poisonings earlier this year, according to a new report from the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading