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
Oct 23 Watch Shellfish made poisonous by toxic algae may bloom into bigger problem Shellfish made poisonous by toxic algae may bloom into bigger problem… Continue watching
Oct 23 Science lovers celebrate Mole Day with guacamole and chemistry Creative commons photo of a mole found in France by flickr user J. Marsh It's October 23, or Mole Day for chemistry enthusiasts. From 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. students and teachers celebrate their love of chemistry with Avogadro's… Continue reading
Oct 23 What's in a name? In physics, everything and nothing By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The term "Big Bang theory" began as an insult, but it ushered the idea into pop culture, spawning namesakes like the CBS sitcom about scientists. Photo by Monty Brinton/CBS Broadcasting Inc. If it were up to Peter Higgs,… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Chinese citizens losing patience with air pollution consequences Chinese citizens losing patience with air pollution consequences… Continue watching
Oct 21 The smog in this giant Chinese city is so bad, it shut everything down A man stands next to an airplane amid heavy smog in Harbin, the capital of China's northeast Heilongjiang province. Photo by AFP/Getty Images Heavy smog blanketed the China's northern city of Harbin on Monday with air pollution measuring… Continue reading