Jul 04 Physicists Announce Evidence of Higgs-Like Particle Updated: 11:40 a.m. ET | Here's a look at Wednesday's exciting announcement from CERN. Plus, we've included a sampling of visual primers from various media outlets to help explain the Higgs boson, what it is, why it's been so… Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch Alan Alda's 'Flame Challenge' Illuminates Importance of Communicating Science Alan Alda's 'Flame Challenge' Illuminates Importance of Communicating Science… Continue watching
Jul 01 Alan Alda is Trying to Find the Next Carl Sagan Miles O'Brien reports on a contest created by actor Alan Alda, which challenges scientists to flex their communication muscles by answering the seemingly simple question, "What is a flame?" Thousands of 11-year-olds serve as judges. Continue reading
Jun 29 Views of the Colorado Wildfire By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The Denver Post has been covering the fires since they first began. Here are some of their shots of the flames and the Coloradans who have been affected. Continue reading
Jun 29 Through Smoke and Flame: Views of the Colorado Wildfire Here are some facts about the wildfires in Colorado: They've gutted 347 homes, damaged 125,000 acres and forced the evacuation of 35,000 people. Fires in the Southwest forced the closure of part of Zion National Park. Some 20,000 homes remain… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch A Spark of Inspiration Miles O'Brien reports on Alan Alda's "Flame Challenge."… Continue watching
Jun 28 Behind the Scenes: Attacking Science Jargon in 'Flame Challenge' EmbedVideo(3742, 482, 304); In 1947, when film star Alan Alda was 11-years-old, he asked a teacher the seemingly innocuous question, "What is a flame?" The answer, "oxidation," was thoroughly unsatisfying to young Alda. Fast forward… Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch Alan Alda Attacks Jargon in 'Flame Challenge Hari interviews Miles on his report on the "Flame Challenge" and communicating science. Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Alan Alda Attacks Science Jargon in 'Flame Challenge' Hari interviews Miles on his report on the "Flame Challenge" and communicating science. Continue watching
Jun 27 Invaders Hitch a Ride on Tsunami Debris "If you take nothing else from this lecture -- a tsunami is a flooding hazard," said Eddie Bernard, and then he repeated it: "It's a flooding hazard." Bernard, director of NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and longtime… Continue reading