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
Sep 23 Sharks could help hospitals prevent dangerous germ transmission By Justin Scuiletti A new study in the journal Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control examined the effectiveness of a shark skin-like material in preventing the spread of disease-causing bacteria. Continue reading
Sep 23 National Institute of Health will examine ‘effect of sex’ in preclinical testing By Ashira Morris Preclinical scientific research is done primarily on male subjects. This inequality obscures results and can be dangerous for women, who experience both illness and treatment differently than men. Continue reading
Sep 23 What is biohacking and why should we care? By Spencer Michels Biohacking is a fairly new practice that could lead to major changes in our life. You could it call citizen or do-it-your-self biology. It takes place in small labs -- mostly non-university -- where all sorts of people get together… Continue reading