Apr 11 Daddy longlegs once had four eyes, research says By Colleen Shalby Hey, four-eyes. No, not you with your glasses perched on your nose. I’m talking to Daddy Longlegs over there, hiding in the corner. Turns out, a 305-million-year-old fossil has revealed an eye-opening truth about our eight-legged friend’s ancestors: they had… Continue reading
Apr 11 How do you build a robot that's smaller than an insect? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy How do you build a robot smaller than the tip of your finger? Inspired by the strength, speed and agility of insects, Sarah Bergbreiter from the University of Maryland is designing tiny robots. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch Security bug Heartbleed could have provided key that unlocks personal online data By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 Why some animals eat their young By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Not all animals are cut out for motherhood. Some will abandon, neglect, even kill their own young. It's part of nature, biologists say. But when animals in zoos kill their own babies, zookeepers become "mom". It's not an easy job. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch Why this bear had to be taken from its mother By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Vets race to rescue cheetah cubs from their mother By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Apr 09 In space, recycled urine has many uses By Willis Raburu Recycled urine is something astronauts are already psychologically prepared to consume when they go to outer space. But a new report published in the ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering journal suggests that rather than releasing wasted urine into space, scientist… Continue reading
Apr 08 Procrastinators, you can blame it on genetics...tomorrow By Willis Raburu Procrastination is in your genes, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Bolder. Continue reading
Apr 08 Using 'gooey' caps and Bluetooth to keep Parkinson's patients moving By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy For Parkinson’s sufferers, the connection between the brain and the body breaks down. The disease causes nerve cells to die, which leads to rigid movement and tremors. With the help of computer technology and the brain’s ability to rewire itself,… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch Researchers track New Hampshire moose in hopes of pinpointing cause of population decline By PBS News Hour In some regions of northern New England, the moose population is down as much 40 percent in the last three years. The cause of this iconic animal’s dramatic die-off is not yet known, but researchers’ main theory is centered on… Continue watching