Jan 09 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades By Joshua Barajas 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 09 Solar flare may give states a peek at the Northern Lights .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Video by NASA People in… Continue reading
Jan 08 From jetpacks to wolf innards, see science’s really awesome stuff By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy If you've been trapped inside these past few days while the polar vortex swooped through North America, you've probably burned through your bookmarked YouTube clips and binge-watched "Breaking Bad" on Netflix. We don't blame you. But next time you're holed… Continue reading
Jan 07 An interactive globe shows wind flows around the world Photo by earth.nullschool.net You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. You just need this interactive map. Continue reading
Jan 07 Ten years after first rover landing, Smithsonian to display images of Mars *Curiosity Rover's self portrait at "John Klein" drilling site. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS* The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's is displaying more than 50 of its best photographs from the two Mars rovers, ten years after NASA first landed… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch At Consumer Electronics Show, ‘smartphone revolution’ spreads from car to closet At Consumer Electronics Show, 'smartphone revolution' spreads from car to closet… Continue watching
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