May 17 SpaceX Readies for Historic Launch EmbedVideo(3389, 482, 304); On Saturday, if all goes as planned, the privately owned spaceflight company SpaceX will launch its Dragon capsule into low-Earth orbit and three days later dock with the International Space Station. It would… Continue reading
May 16 Watch The Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms Researchers have shown that patients paralyzed from the neck down can move robotic arms with their minds, according to a new report in the journal Nature that documents two cases involving brain-stem stroke victims. Margaret Warner discusses the hopes for… Continue watching
May 16 Paralyzed Woman Powers Robotic Arm With Her Mind On April 12, 2011, a 59-year-old woman with a sensor implanted in her brain picked up her cinnamon latte with a robotic arm, brought it to her lips and took a sip through a straw using only her thoughts. It… Continue reading
May 16 Watch Paralysed Woman Moves Robot With Her Mind robotics to help paralyzed with simple tasks… Continue watching
May 15 Watch SpaceX Readies for Launch; Dragon Capsule Seat Showdown Miles O'Brien behind-the-scenes on the SpaceX Dragon capsule launch. Continue watching
May 14 The Veins of a Leaf: Revealing Nature’s Mathematical System Nature is a great architect, and the vascular network - or veins - of a leaf are key to its structure. Mathematical physicists at Rockefeller University use fluorescent dye and time lapse photography to digitally study microscopic patterns within… Continue reading
May 10 Watch Chimpanzee Testing: Is it the Beginning of the End? Medical experiments on chimpanzees can be invasive, involving injections, blood samples and liver biopsies. But some say it's the only way to advance medicine. Miles O'Brien's report explores whether there are ever instances in which the scientific value of research… Continue watching
May 10 ‘Oops Babies’ Sired by Twice-Vasectomized Chimp EmbedVideo(3319, 482, 304); Editor's note: On Thursday's NewsHour broadcast, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the debate over using chimpanzees for biomedical research. First, here's an inside look at one of the sanctuaries profiled in… Continue reading
May 08 Watch Science Nation: This Breathalyzer Reveals Signs of Disease Science Nation video about a breathalyzer test that looks for disease. Continue watching
May 08 Breathalyzer Detects Diseases From Diabetes to Cancer EmbedVideo(3340, 514, 320); Take a deep breath and exhale thousands of clues about your health. Perena Gouma and her team at Stony Brook University have developed a breathalyzer with a sensor chip that can detect diseases and disorders… Continue reading