Nov 09 Watch Online “Hacker” Group Crowdsources Radiation Data for Japanese Public Miles on his latest his report on a group that's collecting radiation data in Japan. Continue watching
Nov 08 Asteroid Encounter: YU55 to Fly By Earth on Tuesday This radar image of asteroid 2005 YU55 was obtained at 2:45 pm ET on Nov. 7 when the space rock was 860,000 miles from Earth. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. As folks on the East Coast are feeding the dog, cooking… Continue reading
Nov 07 Mysterious Noncoding DNA: ‘Junk’ or Genetic Power Player? By Jenny Marder On a regular basis, reporter Jenny Marder tackles a question in science and technology news. It's a feature we call "Just Ask." Today our topic is DNA. What is noncoding DNA, and why do we need it? In 1953, James… Continue reading
Nov 04 Mars500 Crew Finally Freed More than 500 days of isolation with five other guys ... could you do it? That is what one Chinese man, two European and three Russian men have been through to simulate what humans might encounter if they attempted… Continue reading
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