Jan 16 Tracking Firefighters Through the Smoke Locating a missing person inside a burning building filled with blinding smoke can be tricky and extremely dangerous. University of Maryland firefighters are trying something new, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports in this National Science Foundation* Science Nation… Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch Domain Names: Debating the Effects of a Dot-Anything World ICANN, the company that assigns what are called domain names for the Web is making a big change and rolling out a program to dramatically increase the number and kind of names available. However, that could prove to be a… Continue watching
Jan 12 Giant Galaxy Cluster, Blue Stars and Cosmic Explosions Scientists have found the biggest distant galaxy cluster ever seen, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile. Image: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Rutgers/J.Hughes et al, Optical: ESO/VLT/Pontificia Universidad. Catolica de Chile/L.Infante & SOAR (MSU/NOAO/UNC/CNPq-Brazil)/Rutgers/F.Menanteau, IR: NASA/JPL/Rutgers/F.Menanteau. Continue reading
Jan 12 Galaxy Clusters, Blue Stars and Cosmic Explosions By Jenny Marder Skywatchers gathered in Austin, Texas, this week at the 219th American Astronomical Society meeting. Here's a look at some of the most exciting interstellar space findings, and the images that accompany them. Continue reading
Jan 11 Shedding Light on Early Cancer Detection Vadim Backman, a biomedical engineer at Northwestern University is working to develop cancer detection procedures that are less invasive and more accurate. When cancer starts developing, cells in other parts of the body undergo changes. By using a… Continue reading
Jan 10 Does the Desire to Make More Money Increase Economic Inequality? Photo of Steve Jobs in 2010 by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and economic news on his Making Sen$e page. Here's Tuesday's query: Name: John Livingston… Continue reading
Jan 09 How did Stephen Hawking live 55 years with ALS? By Katherine Harmon An expert on Lou Gehrig’s disease explains what we know about this debilitating condition and how Stephen Hawking has beaten the odds. Continue reading
Jan 05 Honey, I Blew Up the Ants Workers, soldiers and supersoldiers mingle in this ant colony. Photo by Alex Wild at alexanderwild.com. Updated: 6:30 p.m. ET | In 2006, while collecting ants on an abandoned property in central Long Island, biologist Ehab Abouheif of… Continue reading
Jan 05 Ants, Supersized By Jenny Marder Researchers have found they can activate the development of supersized "supersoldier" ants. The study is published in the journal Science on Thursday. Here are some photos of pheidole ants, captured by biologist and photographer Alexander Wild, who studies the evolutionary… Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch Under the Sea Near Antarctica, ‘a Riot of Life’ Discovered in Super-Heated Water Scientists discovered many new species on the floor of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica -- something they're describing as a "riot of life." Jeffrey Brown speaks with former oceanographer Mark Schrope about the newest known species of sea life found… Continue watching