Jun 12 Watch Era of Online Sharing Offers Benefits of ‘Big Data,’ Privacy Trade-Offs Era of Online Sharing Offers Benefits of 'Big Data,' Privacy Trade-Offs… Continue watching
Jun 12 Gullies on Mars Give Way to Dreams of Snowboarding in Space This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an example "linear gullies" formed by dry ice thawing across the planet's sand dunes. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona. Mars' surface is streaked… Continue reading
Jun 12 In Singapore, When You Can’t Grow Out, You Grow Up By Larisa Epatko Singapore's skyline is composed mostly of skyscrapers, so it's no wonder residents are looking up when they're considering places to grow fruits and vegetables in this high-density Asian island. Continue reading
Jun 12 Singapore’s Vegetable Towers By Larisa Epatko In order to grow fresh produce on limited land, Singapore has constructed towers where seedlings grow into eatable plants. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch Google Asks Approval to Offer More Transparency About Role in PRISM Program Google Asks Approval to Offer More Transparency About Role in PRISM Program… Continue watching
Jun 11 Google: We Turned Over Information on a ‘Tiny Fraction’ of Users By Larisa Epatko In his first U.S. television interview since the latest news broke of the government's surveillance program, Google's chief legal officer David Drummond told PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown on Tuesday that the company has given the U.S. government information… Continue reading
Jun 11 In Qatar, Coaxing Food From One of the World’s Driest Places By Larisa Epatko In the small Middle Eastern country of Qatar, where fresh water is scarce and most food is imported, scientists are testing ways to grow vegetables that use more greenhouse gases than they produce. Continue reading
Jun 11 Greening the Deserts of Qatar By Larisa Epatko Researchers in Qatar are trying new techniques to grow food, such as pumping carbon dioxide into greenhouses and using drip irrigation in sandy plant beds. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch From Glowing Cats to Robo-Bugs, Book Explores How Biotech Creates Weird Wildlife From Glowing Cats to Robo-Bugs, Book Explores How Biotech Creates Weird Wildlife… Continue watching
Jun 10 When Does Genetic Modification of Animals Cross a Line? By Ellen Rolfes In a web exclusive interview, Emily Anthes, author of the book, "Frankenstein's Cat," talks to Ray Suarez about the ethical limits when using animals in biotech research and development. Continue reading