Sep 28 Watch The Quantified Self: Data Gone Wild? 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
Sep 28 Can the right app help you reach your weight loss goals? Matthew Ames is a communications manager for a multinational bank and a member of the "Quantified Self" movement. At the end of 2012, he had a problem: he was about 50 pounds overweight. To reach his… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch Climate Scientists Warn Opportunity to Prevent Dangerous Warming Is Dwindling Climate Scientists Warn Opportunity to Prevent Dangerous Warming Is Dwindling… Continue watching
Sep 27 How much will the climate change in your lifetime? This morning, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the first of five parts of its report on climate change. Take a look at PBS NewsHour's cheat sheet on what to look for the mega… Continue reading
Sep 27 The brains behind the science of Breaking Bad .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%; } How much meth can you… Continue reading
Sep 27 Shrubs and grass in Greenland shift the carbon balance .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%; } For the online magazine Science… Continue reading
Sep 27 U.N. report declares climate change is here to stay, and it’s our fault By Jenny Marder Protesters in Stockholm demand political action on climate change as the United Nations panel released its latest assessment on Friday. Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images. On Friday, a group of sleep-deprived climate scientists in Stockholm revealed highlights from the latest… Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch UN Panel: ‘Extremely Likely’ Earth’s Rapid Warming Is Caused by Humans The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its strongest warnings yet on global warming. The scientists found it is "extremely likely" -- 95 percent certain -- that human activity is the main cause of rising temperatures. Tom Clarke of… Continue watching
Sep 26 Discovery of fish fossil could transform understanding of evolution Courtesy of Nature A 419-million-year-old fossil of a fish was unearthed Wednesday in China, revealing the oldest known "face" of a creature. Continue reading
Sep 26 What to look for in the UN’s mega climate report that’s out Friday Get ready Friday for the first of a three-part, several thousand-page worldwide climate report. Photo of melting ice caps by KEENPRESS/Getty Images. On Friday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release the first part of its fifth assessment report… Continue reading