Oct 20 Orionids meteor shower tonight According to NASA.gov, this photo may depict an Orionid meteor Credit: NASA/Jimmy Westlake Fragments from Halley's comet colliding with our atmosphere known as the Orionid meteor shower will reach optimal viewing conditions at about 5 a.m. EDT, but… Continue reading
Oct 20 GMO seeds grow into big fight on Kauai EmbedVideo(7753, 514, 320); Tonight on NewsHour Weekend, we report from Hawaii, where a battle has erupted in Kauai between residents concerned about public health and large companies developing genetically modified seeds. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Tight immigration rules divert high tech brains from Seattle to Santiago While U.S. immigration policy makes it difficult for immigrant entrepreneurs to get visas to set up shop in the United States, Chile is welcoming them with open arms. Through an initiative called Start-Up Chile, the country is aiming to be… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch 1.8 million-year-old skull may revise understanding of human evolution Unearthed skull revises understanding of human evolution… Continue watching
Oct 18 'Unimaginable' discovery could rewrite the history of human ancestry It's time to prune some branches off the human family tree. In a discovery that reveals how much we have to learn about the evolution of our own species, archaeologists in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia uncovered… Continue reading
Oct 18 Chilecon Valley: Entrepreneurs very welcome EmbedVideo(7737, 514, 320); While United States immigration policy makes it difficult for immigrant entrepreneurs to get visas to set up shop in the United States, Chile is welcoming them with open arms. Through an initiative called Start-Up… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 'Mind-boggling' skull discovery offers researchers a view into the ancient past The discovery of a 1.8 million-year-old skull at Dmanisi in Georgia has revolutionized scientists' idea of human evolution. Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson of the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss what these ancient remains… Continue watching
Oct 17 Toxic trash piles up fast on Rubbish Island in the Maldives .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%; }View Larger Map… Continue reading
Oct 17 Study links air pollution to lung cancer deaths Photo by Gianluca Di natale/Flickr It's not just cigarettes and their smoke that can give you lung cancer. According to a new international study, exposure to outdoor air pollution can also kill you. The… Continue reading
Oct 16 Researchers work towards a deep sea wireless network Photo courtesy of Flickr user miniyo73 Researchers from the University at Buffalo in New York, are using sound waves to create an "underwater wi-fi" network to improve tsunami detection. Wi-fi uses radio waves, which can penetrate water… Continue reading