Dec 13 Just Ask: Hunt for Higgs Continues; Scientists Work to Separate the ‘Signal from the Noise’ By Jenny Marder Protons collide at CERN's CMS experiment Image by Thomas McCauley, Lucas Taylor/CERN. What does the Higgs boson mean to physics, and how will particle physicists know when they've found it? Evidence of the elusive Higgs Boson may be peeking out… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch After Durban, What Comes Next for Climate Policy? At the 17th U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in South Africa, leaders from around the world came to a broad last-minute compromise, but details were scarce. Ray Suarez discusses what comes next after the Durban summit with the University… Continue watching
Dec 12 What We’re Reading: Durban Deal, Wind Farms and Vocal Fry U.N. Climate Talks' Real-World Outcome Will be Determined in Asia The deal agreed to in Durban, South Africa will require major developing nations to make emissions cuts. This article is a good primer on the highlights of the… Continue reading
Dec 09 Night Satellite Images Give Clues to Measles Outbreaks A 3D plot shows the nighttime brightness of areas of Niger over the course of a year. Image courtesy Science/AAAS. The intensity of light shining from cities at night could help identify hot spots where outbreaks of infectious disease… Continue reading
Dec 09 Great Lakes: Beyond the Biology Lake Superior is warming at an alarming rate, according to oceanographer Tom Johnson of the University of Minnesota Duluth. "As I started doing work in Lake Superior, I came to realize there had been very little done… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Seattleites Construct Rain Gardens to Curb Pollution From Stormwater Runoff In an effort to curb pollution from stormwater runoff, Seattle residents have begun a campaign to build 12,000 rain gardens around the Puget Sound. Katie Campbell of KCTS 9 reports. Continue watching
Dec 08 Science, Skin Deep By Jenny Marder Carl Zimmer's latest book, "Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed," includes a virtual gallery of science-inspired tattoos, the stories of the scientists behind the ink and the science behind the stories. Here is a sample from his book. Continue reading
Dec 08 The Art of the Science Tattoo EmbedVideo(2142, 482, 304); It all started with a summer pool party and a Harvard neuroscientist who prefers to be called Bob. Bob -- aka Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta -- was splashing around the pool with… Continue reading
Dec 08 Watch Art of the Science Tattoo Author Carl Zimmer talks to Hari about his new book, "Science Ink."… Continue watching
Dec 08 What Happens To China if the U.S. Defaults on Its Debt? A security guard patrols outside the headquarters of the Bank of China in the Xidan shopping area of Beijing. Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images. Paul Solman frequently answers questions from NewsHour viewers and web users on business and… Continue reading