Sep 25 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Alaska By Justin Scuiletti A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Alaska this morning, shaking residents in one the strongest quakes for the state in 50 years. Continue reading
Sep 25 Marine preserve to become world’s largest in new expansion By Josh Lederman, Associated Press NEW YORK — Thousands of miles off America's shores, an ocean preserve flush with rare seabirds, turtles and marine mammals will grow to roughly three times the size of California under a memorandum that President Barack Obama signed Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 25 Drones to soar into movie making with new FAA permits By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to announce Thursday that it is granting permits to seven movie and television production companies to fly drones, an important step toward greater use of the technology by commercial operators, said attorneys… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch Indians beam with pride over successful — and cheap — Mars mission – Part 1 By PBS News Hour India has joined the U.S., the former Soviet Union and the European Union as one of the elite few to successfully send a spacecraft to Mars, on its first try and for only $75 million -- a fraction of the… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch India’s low-budget space program may offer lesson for U.S. – Part 2 By PBS News Hour India’s successful first mission to Mars is a major accomplishment for that nation, in both scientific and budgetary terms. To understand the historic feat, India’s space program and where it fits into the American exploration of Mars, science correspondent Miles… Continue watching
Sep 24 India becomes first Asian nation to put spacecraft in Mars’ orbit By Anna Christiansen India’s low cost spacecraft mission to Mars entered the Red Planet’s orbit Wednesday, following a 414 million mile journey that lasted over 10 months. It was cast into orbit by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in Bangalore. The… Continue reading
Sep 24 Will cancer-sniffing dogs lose their jobs to a machine? By Mori Rothman At the Penn Vet Working Dog Center in Philadelphia, Ffoster, a Labrador retriever, is hard at work. The dog sniffs furiously at an array of metal boxes containing blood samples mounted on a metal wheel, pauses by one of the… Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch Hackers breach biology to transform life into building material By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch Can developed and developing nations unite on climate and energy issues? – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 Watch ‘Nobody gets a pass’ on climate change, says Obama at U.N. summit – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching