May 07 Watch Incredible, Edible Bugs: Will Meals of Mealworms Catch on in U.S.? Incredible, Edible Bugs: Will Meals of Mealworms Catch on in U.S.?… Continue watching
May 07 Bugs for Dinner? An edible waterbug. Photo by Sevda Eris / KQED When I told my wife and family that I was going to be eating insects as part of a story I was preparing for the PBS NewsHour, the universal… Continue reading
May 04 Watch Louisiana Chimps Pregnant Despite Multiple Vasectomies Miles O'Brien interviews Chimp Haven director Linda Brent on chimpanzee vasectomies. Continue watching
May 03 Watch SpaceX Boldly Looks to Blast ‘Millions of People to Mars’ With the space shuttle era now over and U.S. space flight on the verge of going private for the near future, the company behind the so-called SpaceX project has ambitious plans to make space flight cheaper for cargo and for… Continue watching
May 03 Are You Smarter Than a 10th Grader on Climate Change? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Think you understand climate science better than the average American teen? On the PBS NewsHour this week we've been focusing on how climate change is taught in the classroom. But you can test your knowledge with this climate quiz:… Continue reading
May 02 Watch Teachers Endure Balancing Act Over Climate Change Curriculum For the first time, new national educational standards for grades K-12 will link global warming trends to manmade emissions. Part of our Coping With Climate Change series, Hari Sreenivasan looks at the challenges teachers face when covering the topic of… Continue watching
May 02 Black Hole Rips Star To Shreds, Then Swallows It Computer simulation shows a star being shredded by the gravity of a massive black hole and ejecting the debris at high speeds.The blue dot pinpoints the black hole's location. Credit: NASA, S. Gezari. This video simulates the murder of a… Continue reading
May 02 Recap a Live Chat on How to Teach Climate Change in the Classroom By News Desk // Watch the full segment on teaching climate change from Wednesday's broadcast above. Post updated 6 p.m. ET May 3. For the first time, national science standards will include guidelines on how to teach climate change kindergarten through 12th grade… Continue reading
May 01 Watch ‘Liquid Bandages’ Could Help Re-Grow Skin, Save Lives Dr. Mark Carlson of Nebraska Surgical Research is developing a liquid bandage to stop bleeding quickly and potentially save lives in battlefield situations while also aiding future regenerative possibilities. This report was a collaboration with NET Nebraska and KQED San… Continue watching
May 01 Climate in the Classroom: Teachers Share Their Stories By Saskia de Melker This week, the PBS NewsHour will report on one teacher's struggles to teach climate change in her Colorado classroom. This comes as the National Academies Press is preparing to roll out new national science standards for kindergarten through 12th grade. Continue reading