Nov 07 Google launches service to store and share human DNA in the cloud By Justin Scuiletti It turns out that a human genome -- the complete set of genetic material encoded as DNA sequences -- is 100 gigabytes. Continue reading
Nov 05 The 14-step process to putting on an Ebola protective suit By Megan Thompson Treating someone with Ebola involves a painstaking process of suiting up and peeling off protective gear, or in hospital speak, “donning and doffing.” Last month, after two Dallas nurses became infected after caring for an Ebola patient, the CDC revised… Continue reading
Nov 04 Global physics research giant CERN selects first woman to lead By Corinne Segal Fabiola Gianotti has been selected to lead CERN, the international physics research center which discovered the Higgs boson or the "God particle". She is the first woman to direct the organization. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Will rocket accidents slow the business of space tourism? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch Investigating crash, NTSB considers safety culture of commercial space flight – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 03 Six dramatic things said about the latest UN climate report By Ashira Morris Using the strongest language yet, the United Nations climate report addresses the causes and impacts of climate change… Continue reading
Nov 03 Undercover rover allows up close and personal observations with penguins By Justin Scuiletti Scientists have discovered a new, low-stress way to study penguins:send undercover rovers dressed as their babies. Continue reading
Nov 03 If soil-dwelling fungi could dance, this is what they’d look like By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy In a scene from Uma Nagendra’s winning “Dance Your Ph.D.” performance, dancers in brown leotards slither on the floor, reaching for trapeze artists in green leggings dangling above them. The brown dancers are dangerous soil-dwelling fungi, trying to infect the… Continue reading
Nov 02 UN report: Without action, climate change effects will be ‘irreversible’ By Carey Reed The United Nations warned Sunday that the world must get most of its energy from renewable sources by 2050, or increase the likelihood of what it called "severe, pervasive and irreversible damage."… Continue reading
Nov 02 Virgin Galactic’s ‘SpaceshipTwo’ had ‘in-flight separation’ before crash By Carey Reed The Virgin Galactic test flight that crashed in California's Mojave desert last week began breaking apart mid-air, according to officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, which launched its investigation Saturday. … Continue reading