Dec 21 Researchers measure increasing sexualization of images in magazines By Saskia de Melker Research reveals that sexual imagery has become more prevalent in popular culture during the last four decades. Are these images changing how we perceive women and men?… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Can memory video games deliver on brain-boosting claims? A new breed of video games are designed to exercise aging brains and improve players' attention, speed and memory. But critics say the claims made by developers are not supported with evidence. Could these mental workouts make a difference? Special… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Tricking the brain with transformative virtual reality Want to have a just-like-real-life fantasy experience without leaving your living room? Virtual reality technology is already employed by certain industries, but economics correspondent Paul Solman considers the variety of applications it could have in the consumer market in the… Continue watching
Dec 18 Climate models turn the weather in Tolkien’s ‘Hobbit’ into science By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Gandalf the Grey, played by Ian McKellen, travels J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth in the film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." It turns out Tolkien was quite the climatologist when it came to modeling his mythical land. Photo by… Continue reading
Dec 17 Possible diamonds found in Antarctica Deposits of a type of rock that can contain diamonds were found in eastern Antarctica. Still by PBS NewsHour A new type of "ice" has been found in Antarctica -- the diamond variety. Or, at least the type… Continue reading
Dec 17 Tinnitus discovery may lead to new treatment By News Desk NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the science behind tinnitus and the search for a cure. Fifty million Americans experience chronic ringing in the ears, a condition known as tinnitus. But new research from the University of Michigan… Continue reading
Dec 16 Heavy marijuana use may cause poor memory and abnormal brain structure, study says By News Desk Daily marijuana use has a measurable effect on the brain, a new study finds. Photo by Dean J. Koepfler/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT via Getty Images. Teenagers who smoked marijuana daily for three years performed poorly on memory tasks and showed… Continue reading
Dec 14 The wide and varied world of drones By News Desk Probably the first thing that a drone aficionado will tell you is to not call them drones - call them UAS -- for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. After Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' announcement that he hopes to begin home delivery by… Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch How will thousands of drones impact already crowded skies? By PBS News Hour Drone aircraft might be delivering Amazon orders to your door soon says Jeff Bezos But first states and the federal government are wrestling with the implications of many new, pilotless aircraft -- how they might affect civil liberties -- and… Continue watching
Dec 12 Jupiter’s moon blasts water, indicates potential for life Artwork depicting a towering geyser of water erupting from the south pole of Jupiter's moon Europa. Image by NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWR The Hubble Space Telescope captured images of water vapor shooting from the southern pole of Europa, Jupiter's ice-covered moon,… Continue reading