Aug 20 Transforming Data With Whimsical and Practical Inventions at Ingenuity EmbedVideo(7189, 482, 304); Editor's note | Starting Sept. 7, the PBS NewsHour is expanding its family, adding a "PBS NewsHour Weekend" newscast on Saturdays and Sundays. The 30-minute show will be anchored by NewsHour senior correspondent… Continue reading
Aug 20 China May Have New Shipping Shortcut Thanks to Melting Arctic Ice By Elizabeth Shell The Chinese commercial cargo ship Yong Sheng makes its way from east Asia to western Europe through the new northern "shortcut" above Russia. The Northeast Passage is made possible for a few weeks to months this summer due to melting… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch Facing Budget Battles, NASA Still Aims High With Asteroid Capture Mission Facing Budget Battles, NASA Still Aims High in Asteroid Capture Mission… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest and its Inhabitants to Oil Extraction Effort Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest and its Inhabitants to Oil Extraction Effort… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch Time Runs Out for Telescope, Examining Kepler's Contribution to Space Research Time Runs Out for Telescope, Examining Kepler's Contribution to Space Research… Continue watching
Aug 16 Ecuador Pulls Plug on Innovative Cash-for-Conservation Plan in Amazon Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, pictured here at an interview in Portoviejo, Ecuador, on June 29. Photo by Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg via Getty Images. BOGOTA, Colombia -- Ecuador will open a pristine swath of the Amazon to oil drilling after the… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch Till Now, a Case of Mistaken Identity for Elusive Olinguito, World's New Mammal Till Now, a Case of Mistaken Identity for Elusive Olinguito, World's New Mammal… Continue watching
Aug 14 Is Poison Ivy Getting Nastier? The shiny three leaves of poison ivy. Photo by Susan Biddle/The Washington Post/Getty Images. Ahh, summertime. A long wilderness hike followed by a refreshing swim in the river followed by -- music screeches to halt -- a… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Do Apps That Advertise Learning Make Your Baby Smarter? Advocacy Group Says No Do Apps That Advertise Learning Make Your Baby Smarter? Advocacy Group Says No… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Henrietta Lacks' 'Immortal' Impact on Research Now Extends to Patient Consent Henrietta Lacks' 'Immortal' Impact on Medical Research Now Extends to Policy… Continue watching