Nov 04 Tough Questions on Dam Removal As river dams age, communities wrestle with how to how to repair and remove them, and a lack of scientific understanding on the subject doesn't help. How does dam removal affect river systems? Could it cause catastrophic… Continue reading
Nov 03 Peering Into the Cosmos with Brian Greene In NOVA’s latest four-part series, physicist Brian Greene covers an astonishing swath of material in the world of physics: quantum mechanics, general relativity, light speed and gravity and the search for elusive subatomic particles. The series is based… Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch Peering Into the Cosmos with Brian Greene Hari talks to Brian Greene about the latest NOVA series, Fabric of the Cosmos. Continue watching
Nov 01 The Sweet Smell of Chocolate: Sweat, Cabbage and Beef Photo by Flickr user J. Paxon Reyes. Chocolate may be the most sought-after treat among trick-or-treaters on Halloween, with little hands grasping for all of the milk- and dark-chocolate morsels they can collect, but the details of… Continue reading
Oct 31 Antarctic Rocks Provide Clues to Bigger Earth Questions John Goodge of the University of Minnesota Duluth is studying rocks from the 2 percent of Antarctica that is not under ice in search of clues to the rest of the continent: how it formed and shaped over… Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch Steve Jobs Biography Examines How Rule-Breaker Tied ‘Artistry to Engineering’ Isaacson: Jobs Broke the Rules, but Linked 'Artistry to Engineering'… Continue watching
Oct 28 A Look at Lady Liberty’s First 125 Years For 125 years, the Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor as an iconic greeting to arriving immigrants. Friday's anniversary began with a naturalization ceremony for 125 new American citizens hailing from 46 countries. In the… Continue reading
Oct 28 Advanced Weather-Watching Satellite Blasts Into Orbit A satellite designed to study the Earth's weather and climate launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket early Friday morning. It lifted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force through clear skies and ideal weather. Watch video of… Continue reading
Oct 27 Will Space Junk Collide With Plans for Future Exploration? EmbedVideo(1850, 482, 304); On Oct. 23, a German research satellite re-entered the earth's atmosphere and plunged into the northeast Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal. This event came less than two months after a report, conducted by the… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch Space Junk Threatens Future Space Exploration Hari interviews orbital debris expert Donald Kessler. Continue watching