Oct 24 Stellar Vampires, Snake Sperm and Optomechanics By Jenny Marder Did Giant Stars Feed Blue Stragglers? Last week, scientists presented new theories on blue stragglers, stars that are bluer and brighter than other stars. The origins of how these stars formed have long confounded scientists. Astrophysicist Aaron Geller… Continue reading
Oct 21 Scientists Follow the Water to Better Understand Drought Infrared lasers that measure droplets and water vapor, sap flow sensors that track the rate that water flows through trees -- scientists at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Observatory are using these and other instruments to "understand the water… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Earthquake Prediction: Could We Ever Forecast the Next Big One? Hundreds of cities on the U.S. West Coast took part in the 2011 Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill on Thursday, just hours before a small tremor hit the San Francisco Bay Area. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Japan on… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch After the Tsunami, Rebuilding Japan Miles talks to Hari about the effort to rebuild the tsunami-devastated areas in Japan. Continue watching
Oct 20 While Rebuilding After Tsunami, Japan Seeks to Prevent Future Disasters EmbedVideo(1795, 482, 304); On the NewsHour Thursday, Science correspondent Miles O'Brien looks at the elusive science of earthquake prediction -- whether seismologists will ever be able to predict an earthquake with any certainty -- and how far they've… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch In Brazil's Slums, Economic Inequality Tackled With Technology Rio de Janeiro's gleaming skyline befits a world economic power, but it is not far from violent, impoverished slums. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's efforts to tackle Brazil's wealth inequality by providing poor people access… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch How Bright Is Solar Power's Future in a Post-Solyndra America? After the Obama administration-embraced solar-panel company Solyndra collapsed and defaulted on its government-backed loans, the surging U.S. solar industry is suddenly worried that the subsidies it receives -- tax credits and loans guarantees -- could dry up in the face… Continue watching
Oct 18 Scientists Turn Ph.D. Research Into Dance Update: October 21, 4:30 pm ET| The 2011 Dance Your PhD awards have been announced. The grand prize goes to Joel Miller, a biomedical engineer at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Winners can be found here. In… Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch FCC's Genachowski: New Alerts Aim to Limit 'Bill Shock' for Wireless Users Most cell phone users purchase a plan with limits on how long they can talk, text or browse the Web each month, but it can be tough to track usage. Ray Suarez discusses new consumer-friendly rules for wireless companies to… Continue watching
Oct 17 Lost Ladybug Spotted On Long Island Farm After it had gone missing for decades in New York state, the nine-spotted ladybug was found in Long Island. Photo by AP/Cornell University, Ellen Woods. Once so ubiquitous it was named New York's official state insect, the nine-spotted Ladybug… Continue reading