Apr 13 It may look unusual, but this greenhouse is actually green By Kathleen McCleery When environmental chemist David Stone decided to build a “green” greenhouse for his wife, he chose a material he’d invented, an environmentally friendly substitute for cement he calls Ferrock. Continue reading
Apr 12 A battery that could charge your phone in one minute? Ask Stanford. By Carey Reed Scientists at Stanford University say they have developed an ultrafast aluminum battery that can be charged in as little as one minute. Continue reading
Apr 12 Feds OK Amazon’s delivery drone tests (for real, this time) By Rebecca Lee Amazon has won the Federal Aviation Administration's approval to test delivery drones in the United States, as long as the drones fly no higher than 400 feet and no faster than 100 miles per hour. Continue reading
Apr 10 What it’s like to see colors for the first time By Joshua Barajas Not long ago, I learned that a company called EnChroma had developed glasses that claimed to “correct” colorblindness for red-green colorblind people like myself. So I sent for a pair. They arrived, nestled in a black carrying case, a couple… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 6:19 How simple tools can shave hours off food preparation in the developing world By PBS News Hour Kitchen convenience means something different for millions of small farmers in poor countries. A nonprofit in St. Paul creates simple, efficient tools that could save people hours of labor on tasks like threshing grain and shelling peanuts. Special correspondent Fred… Continue watching
Apr 07 After 100 years, Brontosaurus name may be making a comeback By Justin Scuiletti After more than a century of extinction in the scientific community, the name Brontosaurus may be ready to return to the ranks of its dinosaur brethren. Continue reading
Apr 06 A reactivated Large Hadron Collider set to explore ‘uncharted territory’ By Justin Scuiletti The world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, which has granted scientists a look at the beginnings of our universe, was just granted a new beginning. Continue reading
Apr 06 Want more women in science and math? Pay attention to group projects, study suggests By Laura Santhanam Group projects may hold the key to getting more girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and math or fields that men otherwise dominate. Continue reading
Apr 04 Brain ‘gender’ more flexible than once believed, study finds By Carey Reed A team of researchers successfully changed the gender in the brains of newborn rats from female to male, according to findings published this week in Nature Neuroscience. Continue reading
Apr 02 Babies resemble tiny scientists more than you might think By Laura Santhanam A new Johns Hopkins University study has found that when an object behaves in an unusual way, the baby will explore more, learn more and test the object's behavior. Continue reading