Nov 30 Watch Grand Canyon May Be 60 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought Grand Canyon May Be 60 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought… Continue watching
Nov 30 Lunch in the Lab: Mars Rover Tells Fans to ‘Chill’ A type of sea slug, called a Spanish Shawl, or Flabellina iodinea. Photo by Kent Treptow. Welcome to Lunch in the Lab, a virtual platter of science news, delivered fresh by the NewsHour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Continue reading
Nov 29 Harsh Weather, Knee Injuries Didn’t Stop Filmmaker from Chasing Glaciers EmbedVideo(5092, 482, 304); After five years spent documenting the behavior of glaciers, photographer James Balog has concluded that the term "glacial pace" is an oxymoron. Once, his teammates saw a chunk of ice roughly the… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Harsh Weather, Knee Injuries Doesn’t Stop "Chasing Ice" video interview with clips from documentary Chasing Ice… Continue watching
Nov 28 Einstein’s Brain, Storms on Saturn and Bigfoot DNA A picture and model of Albert Einstein's brain was on display during a preview of a March 2012 exhibition in London called "Brains: mind of matter." Photo by Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images. Five years ago, while reviewing a paper that… Continue reading
Nov 26 Climate Summit Begins in Doha; Fiscal Cliff Could Mean Cuts to Science The opening ceremony of the United Nations climate conference in Doha was held on Monday, launching the talks. Photo by Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images. World leaders, climate scientists and activists are converging in oil-rich Qatar this week for the United… Continue reading
Nov 26 Watch Quileute ‘Twilight’ Tribe Deals With Rising Sea Levels That Threaten Way of Life Located west of Olympic National Park, La Push, Wash., is idyllic at first glance. But the beauty of the place is matched by danger and vulnerability. Located at sea level, La Push lies directly in a flood and tsunami zone. Continue watching
Nov 21 Super-Jupiter, Fighting Floods and What’s the News on Mars? Artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. Update: 1:30 p.m. ET | Science watchers are buzzing that NASA's Curiosity rover has found something on Mars. But hell if anyone knows what it is. Continue reading
Nov 20 Engineers Consider Barriers to Protect New York From Another Sandy By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Possible sites for storm surge barriers to protect New York City. The four concepts were presented at an American Society of Civil Engineers conference in 2009. Updated Nov. 21, 3:10 P.M. Superstorm Sandy pummelled New York City, leaving millions without… Continue reading
Nov 20 Watch Protecting New York From Future Superstorms as Sea Levels Rise Protecting New York From Future Superstorms As Sea Levels Rise… Continue watching