Feb 19 Watch out for falling ice By Justin Scuiletti As temperatures warm and the winter’s accumulation of snow and ice begin to thaw, danger lurks in the form of ice falling from skyscrapers onto unsuspecting pedestrians below. Continue reading
Feb 19 Physicist-turned-filmmaker captures seven years of 'Particle Fever' By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Theoretical physicist David Kaplan spent seven years filming the hunt for the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. “Particle Fever” captures the sheer excitement the moments before the collider first turned on and the distress in the… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Seven years, 500 hours to capture 'Particle Fever' at the Large Hadron Collider By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Can the U.S. compel global collaboration on climate change? By PBS News Hour The global approach to addressing climate change has shifted from putting the onus on wealthy countries, to recognizing that big, fast-growing developing countries must also play a big part in reducing emissions. Judy Woodruff talks to Andrew Steer of the… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch Secretary of State Kerry urges developing nations to face climate change perils By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch a massive asteroid pass by Earth, beginning at 9 p.m. EST By Joshua Barajas An asteroid the size of three football fields is expected to zip by Earth at a close, but safe distance on Monday. Traveling at 27,000 mph, the celestial object 2000 EM26 will be approximately 2 million miles from the Earth’s… Continue reading
Feb 17 Kerry calls climate change the world's 'most fearsome' destructive weapon By Matthew Lee, Associated Press AKARTA, Indonesia — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world's "most fearsome" destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth… Continue reading
Feb 15 Crocodiles can climb trees, study finds By Joshua Barajas Despite the fact they lack the physical adaptations of a climber, crocodiles can climb trees and do it regularly, a new study in Herpetology Notes finds. Continue reading
Feb 14 Romancing the armpit By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy If you're hoping for a powerful aphrodisiac this Valentine's Day, skip the pheromone perfumes. The strongest signal you can send to your mate is from your own pits. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch In 'second machine age' of robots, it's time for humans to get creative By PBS News Hour Continue watching