Jun 01 Tornado Tracking Attempt in Time-Lapse Video By PBS News Hour Can scientists develop better ways to identify developing tornadoes?… Continue reading
Jun 01 Woodruff: Calculating the Cost of an Attempt to Silence the Press By PBS News Hour Senior correspondent Judy Woodruff writes about this week's hacking attacks on PBS websites and overcoming efforts to silence a free press. Continue reading
Jun 01 NASA Celebrates 50 Years of Space Art By PBS News Hour The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum opened an exhibit of space art this week. We take you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the artwork. Continue reading
May 31 Watch Neurosurgeon: ‘Your Cell Phone Is Not Necessarily a Safe Device’ A World Health Organization panel of 31 scientists raised some concerns Tuesday when they reported that cell phones are "possibly carcinogenic" and may be associated with "some risk" for brain cancer. But the group also called for further study. Jeffery… Continue watching
May 27 Spirit No More: NASA Bids Mars Rover a Final Goodbye It was a cold night in Pasadena when NASA's rover Spirit landed on Mars. But if tension could generate heat, we would have been perspiring. On a good day, getting to Mars is a crapshoot. Over the years, only… Continue reading
May 24 Just Ask: Stink Bug Invasion; Is a Wasp the Solution to Save Valued Crops? By Jenny Marder When it comes to fruit and vegetables, brown marmorated stink bugs don't discriminate. They feast on peaches, plums, apples, and grapes, along with corn, tomatoes, peppers and soybeans. They extract fluid from the apples, turning them dry and corky, and… Continue reading
May 23 116 Confirmed Dead After Tornado in Joplin, Mo. View a slide show of the damage in Joplin: 4:21 p.m. ET | Authorities say the confirmed death toll has risen to 116 after search and rescue efforts Monday, with seven people rescued alive. 1… Continue reading
May 20 Furry Robots, Foldable Cars and More Innovations from MIT’s Media Lab We recently visited the Media Lab at MIT for our story on George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen's ebook, "The Great Stagnation." Cowen argues that the pace of innovation is stalling. We went to MIT for the counterargument. Here's a… Continue reading
May 20 ‘Lab in a Can’ Puts Underwater Worlds in Closer Reach Microbiologists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed a machine that uses built-in robotics to study water quality while underwater. The Environmental Sample Processor, known as "Lab in a Can," relies on intake valves to draw… Continue reading
May 19 Watch Mark Kelly Followed Wife Giffords’ Latest Surgery From Space NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launched Monday on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien posed crowdsourced questions to the commander and crew early Thursday in a collaboration with Google and YouTube. Here is an excerpt. Continue watching