Apr 18 Watch Rise of Domestic Drones Draws Questions About Privacy, Limiting Use Rise of Domestic Drones Draws Questions About Privacy, Limiting Use… Continue watching
Apr 18 World Bank President: Climate Change Is Urgent ‘Today’ Problem By Cindy Huang Thursday on the NewsHour, Kim speaks with Jeffrey Brown about a new initiative to address extreme poverty around the world. In an extended conversation, Kim also addressed the urgency of climate change and how World Bank is working to combat… Continue reading
Apr 18 How Do You Build a Do-it-Yourself Drone? By Crispin Lopez Washington, D.C., resident Timothy Reuter's interest in drones started with reading about low cost do-it-yourself kits. Continue reading
Apr 18 Two Earth-Sized Planets with Earth-Like Temperatures Discovered by Kepler The artist's concept depicts Kepler-62e, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Photo by NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech. Two Earth-sized planets with… Continue reading
Apr 18 How Are Drones Used in the U.S.? By Larisa Epatko The drone debate usually centers around U.S. use of the unmanned aircraft in other countries, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, to target terrorists. But how are drones used in the United States and how far are we from miniature… Continue reading
Apr 18 Texas Plant Blast Kills Up to 15, Injures Hundreds EmbedVideo(6243, 482, 304); Local roofer Tony LeNoir explains how he's helping the small Texas town of West recover after a fertilizer plant exploded Wednesday evening. A massive explosion tore through the West Fertilizer Co. plant in the town… Continue reading
Apr 17 Science of Light Diffusion Brings Gollum to Life EmbedVideo(6222, 482, 304); Watch Visual Effects artist Joe Letteri explain how the science of light diffusion made digital characters more realistic. It was near midnight in the winter of 1998 when computer graphics researcher Henrik Jensen made… Continue reading
Apr 12 Vicious Sea Creature Sees in Dazzling Color A mantis shrimp peers from its burrow in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. Photo by David Doubilet/ National Geographic/ Getty Images. We're a little late to the party here, but if you haven't yet read this comic… Continue reading
Apr 12 The Day Polio Began Losing Its Grip on America By Dr. Howard Markel Elvis Presley receives the Salk polio vaccine in 1956. Awareness about the vaccine led to the end of polio in the U.S. Most babies today still receive the injection. Photo courtesy of March of Dimes. April 12, 1955, was… Continue reading
Apr 10 Portals to the Past: Cloning the Original Cherry Blossoms More than 1 million visitors flock to Washington, D.C. each spring to view the cherry trees. Photo by Rebecca Jacobson. Every spring in Washington, D.C., the tree paparazzi come out. As the 3,700 ornamental cherry trees along the National… Continue reading