Apr 09 Babbling Sounds of Monkeys Share Rhythms with Human Speech A gelada baboon in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Photo by A. Davey via Flickr. Scientists studying the evolution of speech have long puzzled over why there are no good models in primates. While primates share many traits with… Continue reading
Apr 08 ‘The End of Big’ Argues That Technology Helps The Little Guy By Christina Bellantoni // Author Nicco Mele writes about technology's influence on politics in "The End of Big." He sat down with PBS NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni. I've long been fascinated with the fact that technology can make the world a smaller… Continue reading
Apr 05 Parachute Blows in the Mars Wind The parachute for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars opened before launch. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. A newly released series of images snapped by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals that the Curiosity rover's parachute has been flapping… Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch What Do Federal Spending Cuts Mean for Science and Researchers? What Do Federal Spending Cuts Mean for Science and Researchers?… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch After Oil Spill in Arkansas, Weighing Risks of Keystone Pipeline Extension After Oil Spill in Arkansas, Weighing Risks of Keystone Pipeline Extension… Continue watching
Apr 03 Sequester Cuts to Science Slow Biomedical Research A scientist from the National Center for Toxicological Research analyzes microarray results to measure and assess the level of genes found in a tissue sample. FDA photo by Michael J. Ermarth. Rebecca Riggins, an assistant professor of… Continue reading
Apr 02 James Hansen Steps Down from NASA By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // Revisit NewsHour's interview with retiring NASA climate scientist James Hansen, who discussed why summer droughts in the summer of 2012 were linked to climate change. James Hansen, an outspoken advocate for action on climate change, announced Monday that he… Continue reading
Apr 02 Tips (and Recipes) for the Cicada Invasion Swarms of cicada nymphs emerge from the ground. Photo by Michael Raupp. On Friday, we wrote about the impending arrival of the 17-year cicadas -- the root sucking, egg laying, battery-sized bugs that will emerge from the… Continue reading
Apr 02 What if a Search Engine Could Determine an Election? EmbedVideo(6100, 482, 304); Hari Sreenivasan hosted a Google Hangout with Dr. Robert Epstein, whose study on search engine rankings show that results can be manipulated in a way that may influence voter preference. Where do you get your political… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch EPA Advances New Proposal for Cleaner Gas Emissions Obama Administration Makes Run For Cleaner Gas… Continue watching