Jun 06 The Squid and the Electric Current: Remembering the Work of a Brain Pioneer By Jenny Marder In the late 1940s, Sir Andrew Huxley and Sir Alan Hodgkin teased a nerve cell from an Atlantic squid, placed it into a seawater bath and zapped it with currents. Then, with the data, they built a mathematical model that… Continue reading
Jun 05 Louisiana Fishermen Pioneer Floating Architecture By Saskia de Melker // Raccourci Old River is known as one of the best fishing spots in Point-Coupee Parish, Louisiana. This community of more than 400 homes draws flocks of fishermen who spend days on the water and docks reeling in crappie, bluegill,… Continue reading
Jun 05 Venus Transit: A Planet's Day in the Sun EmbedVideo(3563, 482, 304); In the 18th century, astronomers used the solar transit of planet Venus to calculate the distance from the Earth to the sun. After the 1882 Venus transit, John Philip Sousa scored a march in… Continue reading
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Jun 04 Movement Retraining Reduces Knee Pain EmbedVideo(3552, 482, 304); Roughly 50 percent of people show signs of arthritis in the knee, and scientists at Stanford University believe better walking habits can go a long way to alleviate the pain. Mark Cutkosky, a Stanford… Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch "Movement Retraining" Can Reduce Knee Pain Science Nation video on how changing the way you move can reduce knee pain. Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Louisiana Fishermen Pioneer Floating Architecture The fishing community on Raccourci Old River in Louisiana is in a flood-prone area. Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch In Louisiana, Rising Seas Threaten Native Americans' Land Native Americans' tribal lands along the Louisiana coast are washing away as sea levels rise and marshes sink. Part of our Coping with Climate Change series, Hari Sreenivasan reports from Isle de Jean Charles, a community that is slowly disappearing… Continue watching
Jun 01 Viewing the Venus Transit: What's the Safest Way to Stare at the Sun? By Lee Banville // As the sun sets on June 5 in North America, a last-in-a-lifetime astronomical event will be visible to those who wish to look. Just don't do it with your naked eye. A transit of Venus, wherein the planet Venus… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch Viewing the Venus Transit: What's the Safest Way? Viewing the Venus Transit: What's the Safest Way?… Continue watching