Oct 29 There’s a giant spot on the sun, and it’s acting weird By Jenny Marder The giant spot on the face of the sun has scientists scratching their heads. By the time it rotated into our view, it was already 80,000 miles wide, big enough to fit all of Jupiter, big enough to lay 10… Continue reading
Oct 28 The newest addition to Lowe’s toolkit: a robot sales associate By Ashira Morris Lowe’s newest employee is its most groundbreaking power tool yet. Say hello to OSHbot the robot sales associate. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Protecting the African lion from trophy hunters By PBS News Hour The African lion population is shrinking due to habitat loss, lack of prey and violent contact with humans, including trophy hunting. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that these animals be listed as a threatened species. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Oct 26 Can Alaska’s waters be a respite for sick sea stars? By Katie Campbell, KCTS9/EarthFix A deadly disease has been wiping out West Coast starfish for more than a year. One place that has held off the disease the longest is Alaska. Researchers recently traveled there to search for new clues. Continue reading
Oct 24 Hand-rearing abandoned African penguins could help save endangered species By Ashira Morris While adult penguins can survive 21 days without food, baby chicks cannot. Under normal conditions, the chicks would be out of their nests and able to survive the fast. But sparse fish populations around the South African shore limit chick’s… Continue reading
Oct 23 Watch Space-inspired safety gear, contamination-cleaning robots: How innovation could aid Ebola prevention By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 23 New computer chip ‘recipe’ makes electronics greener, cheaper, faster By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The computer chip is getting a makeover from the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry at Oregon State University, making it leaner, faster and greener. Continue reading
Oct 23 How to talk in Silicon Valley without saying anything By Steve Goldbloom I moved to San Francisco in 2010, in time to witness the extraordinary growth in the Bay Area tech scene. Since then, the startup boom has dominated business headlines: from the leadup to Twitter’s IPO, Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp for… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch Debating the pros and cons of freezing eggs By PBS News Hour News of Apple and Facebook paying for their employees’ egg freezing has sparked conversation on the advancement of family planning. Gwen Ifill speaks with Sarah Elizabeth Richards, author of “Motherhood Rescheduled” and Alta Charo of the University of Wisconsin-Madison on… Continue watching
Oct 22 The future of mining might be rotting in your compost bin By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy These scientists are making glass from what you throw in the garbage. They hope that our waste will be the cutting edge of mining. Continue reading