Dec 19 Kepler keeps going, finds new 'super-Earth' By Joshua Barajas NASA’s Kepler space telescope, once thought “beyond repair,” has found a planet two and a half times the size of Earth outside the Milky Way, the space agency announced Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 18 Reinventing the way chemicals are made to make them cheaper and cleaner By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists are changing the way chemicals are made to make new drugs, smart materials and agroproducts in a cleaner, safer way. Miles O'Brien has this report from "Science Nation."… Continue reading
Dec 18 Arctic warming twice as fast as rest of the world By Justin Scuiletti Arctic air temperatures are rising at more than twice the rate of the rest of the world, a new report says. Continue reading
Dec 17 GIF: Christmas tree to blazing inferno in less than a minute By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A dried-out, eight-foot Christmas tree can light, blaze and burn to ash in less than a minute. By setting Christmas trees ablaze in the safety of a lab, scientists and engineers are learning how to keep you safe from the… Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 6:36 This year's tech trends have both nice and naughty sides By PBS News Hour Are high-tech personal gadgets on your holiday shopping list? Hari Sreenivasan talks to Amy Webb of Webbmedia Group about the rise of wearable devices, the inherent concerns over data collection and security and the industry that’s popped up to help… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch 4:53 News Wrap: Computer failure shuts down London airspace By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, British officials demanded an investigation of an incident that brought Europe’s busiest airport to a standstill. Also, the Pew Research Center found that the wealth gap between white Americans and minorities is growing. Continue watching
Dec 11 'SciGirls' turns the camera on young citizen scientists By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Twin Cities Public Television's "SciGirls" puts girl scientists in front of the camera. While the pre-teen scientists perform experiments for the audience, the producers hope it will encourage more women to join science and engineering fields. Continue reading
Dec 10 Rosetta spacecraft finds water on Earth didn't come from comets By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Where did Earth's water come from? For years, scientists believed comets could have delivered it to Earth. But the Rosetta spacecraft revealed today that is not the case. Continue reading
Dec 10 7 things every woman should know before freezing her eggs By Sarah McHaney and Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy As women age, the likelihood of chromosomal abnormalities climbs, and with it, the risk of miscarriage, birth defects or disorders that makes conceiving more difficult. Egg freezing is seen by some as a way to stop the biological clock, expand… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 6:12 Talking to dogs isn't so far-fetched: Researchers translate canine with computer science By PBS News Hour Researchers at North Carolina State University are inventing technology to decode dog talk. Hari Sreenivasan visits a computer science lab that has designed a harness to monitor physiological and emotional changes and send wireless commands through vibrations, which could be… Continue watching