Apr 11 Watch Introduction to CoCoRaHS A brief introduction to Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network, a grassroots volunteer organization that measures and track precipitation. Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch March Shattered Temperature Records Across U.S. A day-by-day animation of the daily temperature records tied or broken in March 2012. Continue watching
Apr 09 Feeling the Heat: March Shattered Temperature Records Across U.S. By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // A day-by-day animation of the daily temperature records tied or broken in March 2012. Over 15,000 records were broken. This March was the warmest ever in the continental United States, measuring on average a staggering 8.6 degrees Fahrenheit hotter… Continue reading
Apr 09 Electric Knifefish Charged With Sixth Sense Electric eels generate enough voltage to stun their prey, but they're not the only electric creature in the water. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University believe that the so-called weakly electric knifefish uses its electric field as a sixth sense… Continue reading
Apr 05 Slime Molds: No Brains, No Feet, No Problem In a study released last week, computer scientist Selim Akl of Queens University demonstrated that slime mold is fantastically efficient at finding the quickest route to food. When he placed rolled oats over the country's population centers and… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch ‘Solar Suitcase’ Sheds Light on Darkened Delivery Rooms After witnessing the consequences of power outages in Nigeria's health facilities, obstetrician Dr. Laura Stachel came up with a solution: a suitcase containing elements to produce and store solar energy. Spencer Michels reports on the life-saving device that aims to… Continue watching
Apr 04 Solar Suitcase: Saving Lives with Solar Power By Dave Gustafson Dr. Laura Stachel and her husband founded We Care Solar to help bring light to the estimated 300,000 hospitals and clinics in the developing world that don't have reliable sources of electricity. Our slideshow highlights Stachel's work toward equipping remote… Continue reading
Apr 03 Slime Molds, Revealed By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The slime mold takes on hundreds of shapes, sizes, and colors. Some varieties are the size of dinner plates, while others are only visible through a microscope. Continue reading
Apr 02 An Interactive History of the Texas Drought By Saskia de Melker Click on the map above for an interactive version. Recently, PBS NewsHour reported from Texas in collaboration with the public media project StateImpact Texas to look at how dry conditions have caused towns to struggle with extreme… Continue reading
Apr 02 Seeing Beyond the Visual Cortex Blindsight is a condition that results from damage to the primary visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for vision. Even though the injury causes vision loss, other parts of the brain continue to unconsciously process visual information. Continue reading