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
May 01 Transparency or Bust: Riding a Hacker Bus to Change Brazil By Alex Bruns Photo of the Onibus Hacker by Bruno Fernandes. There's a buzz in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Actually, it's more of a rumbling sound coming from the turbocharged Mercedes diesel engine on the Onibus Hacker, a coach-turned-activist… Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch Teaching Climate Change- Climate Crisis Jam The Earthman sings about the climate change crisis as part of The Earthman Project. Continue watching
Apr 30 Tiny 3-D Structures Assemble with Remarkable Precision EmbedVideo(3225, 514, 320); A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins University are developing self-assembling, three-dimensional nanostructures that can be used for targeted drug delivery. Think devices thick as a human hair that release liquid and micro grippers that… Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch Bridging the Gender Gap: Why More Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineers Bridging the Gender Gap: Why More Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineers… Continue watching