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
Nov 19 Voices From Superstorm Sandy A resident walks the debris filled beaches of Staten Island/ NewsHour photo by Brian Dentz NEW YORK -- Life on the shore is precarious for New Yorkers in the seaside neighborhoods of Breezy Point, Staten Island and Coney Island. Continue reading
Nov 19 SciDay: Climate Report So Bad That Future Is 'Hard to Describe' A major new report by the World Bank predicts devastating malnutrition from depleted crop yields and rising seawater causing damaging floods with the poorest nations at the most risk if temperatures warm by 4 degrees Celsius (7.2… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch Can Sleep Make You Smarter? The Power of Sleep: Why Humans Can't Stop Snoozing… Continue watching
Nov 15 Attorney General Holder Announces Legal Resolution to BP Oil Spill EmbedVideo(4984, 482, 304); BP has agreed to plead guilty to 14 federal criminal counts related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers and the subsequent oil spill that fouled the Gulf of Mexico for months and… Continue reading