Oct 29 15 years ago today, John Glenn returned to space on STS95 PBS NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien covered the event sitting next to broadcast news legend Walter Cronkite. 15 yrs ago today, my career peaked w/ #CNN coverage of launch of #STS95 - the great Walter Cronkite at… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch New York uses lessons learned from Sandy to build defenses against super-storms New York uses lessons learned from Sandy to build defenses against super-storms… Continue watching
Oct 28 Scientists reveal why you have (or have not) a pretty face Creative commons image via flickr user stevendepolo Ever wonder what exactly separates the face of a George Clooney or Natalie Portman from the rest of us mere mortals? Well, according to scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,… Continue reading
Oct 28 What the Voyager space program can teach you about preparing for long-term care By Elizabeth Shell At first glance, comparing a 36-year-old, one-ton spacecraft that's currently hurtling its way into interstellar space at about 37,075 miles per hour to the realities of planning for our long-term care needs seems ... odd. But the more… Continue reading
Oct 26 Meet the student hackers behind the ‘Plaid Parliament of Pwning’ By Travis Daub Earlier this year, the "Plaid Parliament of Pwning" team held a hacking contest for high school students called "Toaster Wars." Consider a phone charger that not only charges your smartphone, but also scans any Android device for malware, viruses and… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Secret weapon against hacking: College students Training the next generation of cybersecurity experts to fight off the bad guys. Continue watching
Oct 26 Paradise found: A history of pineapple, sugar and seeds in Hawaii .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; 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%; } NewsHour Weekend's Tracy Wholf explores… Continue reading
Oct 25 Greenland green lights uranium mining Greenland's parliament voted to overturn a 25-year-old ban on uranium mining on the island nation, the Associated Press reports. Lifting the ban on uranium mining will allow the country to unearth rare earth metals as well. Greenland is… Continue reading
Oct 25 EPA administrator: ‘We’re just moving forward to do what Congress told us to do’ .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; 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%; } PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff… Continue reading
Oct 24 Broadband lands on the moon Photo by Wikimedia Commons/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Humans have made great advancements in space technology since man first ventured to the moon in 1969. One area of focus that has slipped by the wayside, however, is lunar… Continue reading