Dec 13 Watch Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction… Continue watching
Dec 13 Avoiding Addiction When It’s in Your DNA To understand more about the link between addiction and genes, science correspondent Miles O'Brien drinks a mixture of 30 grams of pure ethanol and Diet Coke, the equivalent of three stiff drinks, and undergoes a series of tests. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Dr. Thomas Kosten on the Cocaine Vaccine video interview with lab broll… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Miles O’Brien Raises a Glass for Science Video of Miles O'Brien participating in alcohol study at University California San Diego… Continue watching
Dec 12 Watch Science and Politics Behind North Korea’s Long-Range Missile Test Science and Politics Behind North Korea's Long-Range Missile Test… Continue watching
Dec 12 In Cosmic Game of Billiards, What Are the Chances of an Asteroid Collision? This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA. There's been buzz in the news this week about two asteroids nearly sideswiping us. Boston Globe… Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch How to Protect Against the Dangers of Mobile Apps That Gather Kids’ Data How to Protect Against the Dangers of Mobile Apps That Gather Kids' Data… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Industrial Residue From Receding Sandy Flood Waters Raise Concerns for Residents Industrial Residue From Receding Sandy Flood Waters Raise Concerns for Residents… Continue watching
Dec 10 Playing with Owl Puke, and Other Science Inspired Holiday Gifts Owls, like this one seen at an animal pet fair in Stuttgart, Germany, swallow their prey whole and then regurgitate what they can't digest. Photo by Marijan Murat/AFP/Getty Images. File this one under unusual science-inspired kids toys. And… Continue reading
Dec 07 Farewell, Little Space Spider Nefertiti, the Johnson jumping spider hunting for flies inside her space flight habitat on board the International Space Station. Photo by NASA. Nefertiti, the courageous space spider who soared into low-Earth orbit on a Japanese HTV spacecraft, spent three… Continue reading