Dec 03 Watch Before NASA pioneers to Mars, Orion spacecraft faces tests By PBS News Hour NASA envisions a human presence on Mars in 20 years. But how will we get there? The Orion spacecraft, an unmanned capsule, will launch on its maiden voyage as an important test for future missions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports… Continue watching
Dec 03 Photos: NASA prepares Orion to send humans to Mars By Travis Daub and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy It will take a big rocket to get to Mars, and a big space capsule to protect humans during the months-long journey. It also takes decades of testing and development to plan a mission that will take humans… Continue reading
Dec 02 DNA all but confirms 500-year-old bones are King Richard III’s By Lorna Baldwin A 500-year-old cold case is nearing its conclusion. British scientists have determined with "99.999 percent" accuracy that the remains of King Richard III of England really were lying under a municipal parking lot in the central English city of Leicester. Continue reading
Dec 01 Researchers find power in seeing the ‘silver lining’ of negative personality traits By Anna Sillers Associating one's own negative trait with a related positive characteristic can increase productivity in that area, according to a New York University study. Continue reading
Dec 01 Using Blu-ray discs to improve solar cell technology By Justin Scuiletti Researchers from Northwestern University, in a study published in the journal Nature Communications, found that the way data was written to Blu-ray discs -- a high-definition format for movies, television and other video -- made it perfect for improving… Continue reading
Dec 01 What does the salty sea air put in our clouds? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists are trying to find out how the ocean's chemistry changes clouds. It could even affect climate change. Continue reading
Nov 29 Invisible shield in space protects Earth from ‘killer electrons’ By Carey Reed A team led by professors and scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder discovered an invisible shield in space that blocks Earth from so-called "killer electrons."… Continue reading
Nov 28 8 things you didn’t know about Alan Turing By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Alan Turing is hailed as the father of the computer, single-handedly helping the Allies defeat the Germans by cracking the Nazi Enigma code. But he was also a gifted athlete, a sloppy dresser and defiant in the face of the… Continue reading
Nov 26 8 things you didn’t know about manatees By Ashira Morris Manatees are the slow, lumbering, gentle giants of the aquatic ecosystem. Every November, they make their way to Florida’s warmer waters for the winter marking Manatee Awareness Month. Celebrate by learning eight facts about the gentle sea cows. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch How a global network of telescopes may give us first glimpse of a black hole By PBS News Hour Even though black holes are vital to our understanding of the universe, no one has ever seen one -- yet. To change this, a team of scientists in northern Chile, is using a network of telescopes around the globe to… Continue watching