Jan 02 Watch It’s Not Mind-Reading, but Scientists Exploring How Brains Perceive the World It's not mind-reading, but some cutting-edge scientific research could reconstruct brain activity. Jake Schoneker, a recent graduate of the University of California, Berkeley's School of Journalism, and producer Roberto Daza report. Continue watching
Jan 02 Twin NASA Probes Circling Moon, Hoping to Answer Questions About Core Using a precision formation-flying technique, the twin GRAIL spacecraft will map the moon's gravity field, as depicted in this artist's rendering. Image by NASA/JPL-Caltech On New Year's Eve, the first of two NASA spacecraft fired its engine and… Continue reading
Dec 28 Watch Scientists in Kenya Try to Fend Off Disease Threatening World’s Wheat Crop Scientists in Kenya's Rift Valley are taking part in a complicated and protracted global fight against Ug99, a fungal disease called wheat rust that could destroy 80 percent of all known wheat varieties. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch How 2011 Became a ‘Mind-Boggling’ Year of Extreme Weather From snowstorms to floods and tornadoes, severe weather wreaked havoc across the United States this year, with 2011 marking far more extreme weather events than a typical year. Hari Sreenivasan discusses the science behind this year of extreme weather with… Continue watching
Dec 28 Testing Hybrids and Tossing Sandals in the Fight Against ‘Wheat Rust’ Example of wheat rust. Photo by Fred de Sam Lazaro. Scientists say they are making promising strides in their race against Ug99, a stem rust disease that, left unchecked, could wipe out 80 percent of the world's wheat crop. Continue reading
Dec 28 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro A visitor takes a picture on an iPad of a statue of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at Graphisoft Park in Budapest, Hungary. The six-and-a-half foot bronze statue by Erno Toth depicts Jobs with his trademark turtleneck shirt, jeans, sneakers… Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch In Peru, Gold Rush Leads to Mercury Contamination Concerns In remote regions of the Peruvian Amazon, extensive gold-mining operations have stirred major environmental concerns over mercury contamination in fish, fish-eating wildlife and humans. In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch Reddit Hopes to Unwrap Guinness World Record for World’s Largest Secret Santa RedditGifts Hopes to Unwrap Guinness World Record for World's Largest Secret Santa… Continue watching
Dec 26 RedditGifts Hopes to Unwrap Guinness Record for Largest Secret Santa Swap EmbedVideo(2270, 482, 304); If you think organizing a secret Santa exchange for your office is tricky, try organizing one for the entire globe. As people across the world finish unwrapping Christmas gifts, almost 40,000 people have also… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Fearing Bioterrorism, Government Panel Asks: What Research Should Be Secret? How much research about the deadly bird flu virus should be available to the public? Ray Suarez discusses the question that many in the science, bioterrorism and national security fields are considering with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute… Continue watching