Jan 06 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades By News Desk [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_D-qHOB2tY] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a study Monday on how best to keep the invasive species Asian carp from overwhelming the Great Lakes and threatening the area's multi-billion dollar fishing industry. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Can new apps lead to a new you for 2014? Take a look at these new technologies that allow people to keep track and quantify every detail of their daily lives. It's a growing movement called “quantified self.” The personal data gathered is often health-related, but there are applications to… Continue watching
Jan 03 Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds By News Desk Dogs use the Earth’s magnetic field when they’re relieving themselves. Not only that, but canines choose to do so in a north-south axis, a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology says. The study suggests that dogs… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch What role does the human touch play in the digital age? In a digital age that creates more automated services at ever lower prices, how can we retain the value of human work and relationships? Hari Sreenivasan ponders this with computer scientist Jaron Lanier, author of "Who Owns the Future?", and… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way… Continue watching
Jan 01 A parent’s dilemma: do flame retardants in home goods trade in one danger for another? By Cat Wise What could be so dangerous about this furry little guy? Some children's products like this have been treated with flame retardant chemicals that make them harder to burn, but may be harmful for humans. Continue reading
Dec 31 One-third of Americans reject evolution, poll finds Graphic by Pew Research Center A Pew Research Center poll released Monday shows one-third of Americans now reject the theory of evolution. In the telephone survey conducted by the center's Religion and Public Life Project, 60 percent of… Continue reading
Dec 30 Watch From superstorms to sequestration, 2013 held progress and pitfalls for science From superstorms to sequestration, 2013 held progress and pitfalls for science… Continue watching
Dec 26 Can the crystal blue waters of Lake Tahoe be saved? By News Desk Photo by Flickr user Steve Dunleavy Development, climate change and runoff threaten to soil the waters of pristine Lake Tahoe. The largest, clearest lake of its kind in North America, Tahoe draws 3 million visitors to Nevada and California… Continue reading
Dec 25 The gifts science gave us in 2013 It's a season for giving, and so today we reflect on the gifts that science gave us this year. From a rock 'n' roll astronaut to a tweeting robot, and a furry new mammal to a Martian discovery, we didn't… Continue reading