May 03 A New Take on Bird Brains Ever wonder how much our animals understand us when we talk to them? When parrots talk, are they consciously forming words or just mimicking sounds? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien addresses these questions in the National Science Foundation's*… Continue reading
May 02 Just Ask: What's Behind Space Shuttle Endeavour's Electrical Glitch? By Jenny Marder Photo courtesy of NASA. Updated May 2, 6:00 p.m. ET | NASA now says that repairs to replace and retest a faulty power distribution box has pushed the launch date to May 10 at the earliest. At the root of… Continue reading
Apr 29 Space Shuttle Endeavour To Launch No Earlier Than May 10 Updated May 9 4:30 p.m. EST After more than a week of delays, NASA managers have given the go ahead for a May 16 launch. Engineers have installed a new switchbox, new thermostats and new wiring. And while they haven't… Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch Giffords Travels to Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch as Recovery Progresses Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' recovery from a gunshot wound marks a milestone as she travels to watch husband Mark Kelly command Space Shuttle Endeavour's final flight. Despite regaining some abilities, she face many more challenges. Ray Suarez discusses her recovery… Continue watching
Apr 28 Less-Prepared Central U.S. Also Prone to Earthquakes In 1816, a woman named Eliza Bryan wrote a letter to a friend in which she recounted "an awful noise, resembling loud but distant thunder, but more hoarse and vibrating... followed in a few minutes by the complete saturation… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch Sony PlayStation System Hacking Incident Highlights Web-Security Gaps Ray Suarez discusses the Sony PlayStation data breach with Wired.com editor Kevin Poulsen. Continue watching
Apr 27 You Talk To Endeavour: Ask NASA Crew Questions for a LIVE Interview By News Desk *Update, May 17 | * - The live interview has been moved up to occur between 6 and 6:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 19. Updated May 9 | NASA has delayed the launch of space shuttle… Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch You Talk to Endeavour: Ask NASA Crew Questions for a LIVE interview From Space Astronauts will answer your questions in a LIVE interview, on Monday, May 2 at 2:15 pm EST… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Many Gulf Coast Residents Still Frustrated by Handling of BP Oil Spill Tom Bearden reports from the Gulf on residents' attitudes. Continue watching
Apr 26 Just Ask: Why Does Antimatter Matter? By Jenny Marder The STAR detector at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This week, a team of researchers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory announced they had discovered helium's twin particle, antihelium-4, the heaviest antimatter nucleus observed yet. So what does that mean, and why do… Continue reading