May 22 Miles O'Brien on SpaceX Launch: Space for the Rest of Us Courtesy: NASA Updated 2:10 p.m. ET Space is hard and unforgiving and there is still a lot of challenging work ahead for the SpaceX Dragon team. I would not pop the champagne corks just yet. But this is a… Continue reading
May 21 Mapping Alligator Genomes Is Risky Business EmbedVideo(3431, 480, 320); Science Nation looks for answers in crocodile DNA. Collecting DNA samples isn't easy when your subject could snap off your hand with one bite, but it's a risk David Ray -- a researcher at Mississippi… Continue reading
May 18 Watch 'The Information Diet': Should Americans Exercise More 'Conscious Consumption'? 'The Information Diet': Should Americans Exercise More 'Conscious Consumption'?… Continue watching
May 18 The Rise of Facebook By PBS News Hour Founded in 2005, Facebook's social network has changed our relationships with friends, family and co-workers, created a new playground for politics, and altered the rules for media, culture and advertising. This timeline chronicles the evolution of the social media giant. Continue reading
May 18 Watch Mapping the Genomes of Crocodiles and Alligators Science Nation video mapping genomes of alligators crocodiles and bats… Continue watching
May 17 Watch News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops… Continue watching
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