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
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