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
Dec 07 Watch A Possible Second Home for Humanity Found, but the Commute’s Brutal Scientists have discovered a so-called "Goldilocks" planet with a temperature that is not too hot, not too cold, but maybe just right to support life. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports. Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch Newly Discovered Massive Black Holes Dwarf Previous Record Holders Astronomers recently discovered two massive black holes more than 300 million light years away. Nothing, not even light, can escape the pull of these black holes, which are each 10 billion times the mass of the sun. University of California,… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch For Wind Energy’s Future, Researchers Look High in the Sky The next major innovation in wind power might not involve big, white turbines dotting the countryside. KQED QUEST reports on research being done on "tethered airfoils" that could capture wind energy more efficiently that earthbound turbines. This report is part… Continue watching
Dec 05 Researchers Discover Monstrous Supermassive Black Holes Researchers have discovered a monster black hole that appears to be the most massive found to date, as massive as 21 billion suns. This is one of two black holes found in elliptical galaxies some 300 million… Continue reading
Dec 02 Quantum Entanglement Links Two Diamonds Usually a finicky phenomenon limited to tiny, ultracold objects, entanglement has now been achieved for macroscopic diamonds at room temperature Diamonds have long been available in pairs--say, mounted in a nice set of earrings. But physicists have now taken… Continue reading