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
Dec 05 Watch Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic… Continue watching
Dec 05 Coral Reefs and Shellfish Battle Acidifying Oceans The world's ocean are absorbing carbon dioxide at an unprecedented rate and the resulting acidification is already altering marine ecosystems. We look at how ocean acidification is affecting shellfish and coral reefs. Continue reading
Dec 05 Ocean Acidification: The Other Carbon Problem By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists call ocean acidification "the other carbon problem." When the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, it raises the pH of the water making it acidic. That shift makes sea animals' shell brittle, which makes a huge difference to… Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch Sarah Cooley on Ocean Acidification video interview with b-roll, NewsHour… Continue watching