Aug 01 The Science of Shopping "With so many products and so many stores and websites, how do we decide what to buy and where to shop?" NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien asks in the National Science Foundation's latest Science Nation piece. Computer scientists… Continue reading
Jul 29 How Will New Fuel Efficiency Rules Affect Consumers? President Obama, flanked on stage by executives from the country's leading automakers, announced new fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks Friday that would double the current requirement to 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) by 2025. The new rules… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Asteroid Is a Dance Partner for Planet Earth A team of Canadian scientists have discovered a "Trojan" asteroid that is caught in a synchronized orbit with the Earth. Jeffrey Brown discusses what this discovery means with the California Institute of Technology's Mike Brown. Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch 5 Years Later, Scientists Still Puzzled by Honeybee Decline Five years ago, honeybees began dying in large numbers and hives were becoming defunct. Spencer Michels reports on the scientists who are still trying to figure out why this is happening and what can be done to help the problem. Continue watching
Jul 28 NewsHour Connect: Heat Wave Imperils Midwest Agriculture By Justin Scuiletti // Temperatures have been rising in the Midwest this summer -- and with them, food prices may also be heading upward. As heat waves have been blanketing much of the nation in temperatures over 100 degrees, agriculture has been… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch NewsHour Connect: Heat Wave Has Midwest Agriculture Melting, Food Prices Rising NewsHour Connect: Heat Wave Has Midwest Agriculture Melting, Food Prices Rising… Continue watching
Jul 28 What's Behind the Problem of Disappearing Bees? Photo by Flickr user net_efekt Bees, for some reason, seem to fascinate us. Perhaps it's their social structure: the queen, the workers, the drones, producing honey and baby bees and living their short lives in a super-organized way… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Mingling with Mosquitos and Grizzlies Nature Conservancy scientist M. Sanjayan on his latest expedition in the wilds of Canada. Continue watching
Jul 28 River Explorers Face Mosquitos, Grizzlies in Canadian Wilderness Update: November 23, 2011, 7 am ET| On July 23, the Nature Conservancy's lead scientist, M. Sanjayan, embarked on a three-week river expedition through one of the most remote wilderness areas in the country with a group of teens… Continue reading
Jul 27 Asteroid Found Locked Into Earth's Orbit: Meet Our Traveling Companion An asteroid is caught in a synchronized orbit with the Earth, dancing back and forth relative to our planet as both circle the sun, a team of Canadian scientists has discovered. The object, which for now is dubbed 2010… Continue reading