Jul 06 Mission to Pluto hits a speed bump, but resumes its stride By Kate Tobin Two days after briefly losing communication with the New Horizons spacecraft as it sped toward the dwarf planet Pluto, the probe’s operators say they understand the root cause of what happened and have taken steps to resume full operations. Continue reading
Jul 04 Study: Fireworks release high levels of pollution on July 4 weekend By Kenzi Abou-Sabe As a national average, culled from 315 different testing sites, Independence Day fireworks introduce 42 percent more pollutants into the air than are found on a normal day. Continue reading
Jul 03 Lock and load for New Horizons, flight plan for Pluto probe is set By Kate Tobin Update on the New Horizons mission: Final flight plan approved. Next stop, Pluto!… Continue reading
Jul 03 Want to spot an outbreak before your friends? Look at this map By News Desk PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien visits the headquarters of HealthMap, an organization that uses the Internet track outbreaks as they evolve. Continue reading
Jul 03 How a sniff of a flower could help diagnose autism in kids By Catherine Woods A computer program and a sniff test can diagnose some characteristics of autism. Continue reading
Jul 03 The science of sleeping in, and why you probably shouldn't By Nsikan Akpan As part of PBS NewsHour's series on work-life balance, two psychologists weigh the pros and cons of sleeping in over the weekends. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 9:19 Two cities, two very different responses to rising sea levels By PBS News Hour While New York City is taking aggressive action to prevent future catastrophes like Hurricane Sandy, other vulnerable cities, such as Charleston, South Carolina, are not tackling the threat of rising sea level and climate change with the same urgency. Special… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 7:20 The unfolding detective story of dwarf planet Ceres By PBS News Hour NASA’s Dawn spacecraft set out in 2007 to explore Ceres and Vesta, the two largest objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt. What has Dawn discovered so far? Judy Woodruff sits down with NewsHour’s senior online editor Jenny Marder, who… Continue watching
Jun 30 How do you vacuum an asteroid traveling 63,000 mph? By Catherine Woods In honor of National Asteroid Day, we are taking a look at NASA's mission to vacuum on the asteroid Bennu. Continue reading
Jun 30 7 things to know about tonight's leap second By Eric Osman, Nsikan Akpan Like Taco Tuesdays? Well, thanks to a leap second, this one just got a little longer. Continue reading