Dec 02 Arsenic and Old Space Thinking: NASA Discovery Spurs New Ideas on Life Scientists found the microbe in California's Mono Lake (Photo Credit:Science/Henry Bortman) A newly discovered microbe that can survive on arsenic rather than phosphorus could change the way scientists think about life on earth and search for life on other… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch Science, Mysticism Meld in Predicting Mount Merapi’s Deadly Eruptions Since October, more than 300 people have been killed by volatile volcano Mount Merapi's eruptions. Miles O'Brien reports from the village of Yogyakarta on the science and superstition surrounding the most-active volcano in Indonesia. Continue watching
Dec 02 China Internet ‘Hijacking’: Your Questions Answered An 18-minute diversion of Internet traffic through China in April has raised security concerns around the world -- especially for governments and people in critical infrastructure. Two experts answered your questions on the Internet security breach. Continue reading
Dec 01 At CERN, Art Collides with Science Inspired by the world's largest particle detector, a young artist found a way to paint a mural of part of Geneva's famous CERN experiment - right on the building itself. Continue reading
Dec 01 Could WikiLeaks Be Stopped? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London on Oct. 23.; Getty photo Update, 3:30 p.m.: Wikileaks says it has been ousted from its Amazon cloud hosting. .bbpBox10058229002272768 {background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/3147857/WL_Hour_Glass.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid… Continue reading
Nov 30 Just Ask: What Makes Volcanoes Erupt? By Jenny Marder It's time for our weekly Just Ask feature, where the experts tackle your questions on science and technology. John Eichelberger, a volcano expert with the U.S. Geological Survey, answers the question, "Why Does the Earth Have Volcanoes, and… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch In Colorado, Ice Age ‘Fossils Were Pouring Out of the Ground’ In Colorado, scientists made a very big and plentiful find of bones dating back to the Ice Age. Tom Bearden reports on what kind of fossils were unearthed and what the new findings can tell us. Continue watching
Nov 29 Warming Lakes, Restoring Youth and … Owl Puke Aging Ills Reversed in Mice Scientists have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, according to a study published online in the journal Nature and reported by the Wall Street Journal. Scientists achieved this by manipulating telomeres, DNA units that… Continue reading
Nov 29 Addressing Ocean Acidification on Both Coasts DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s45b8qfc4', 'kOPf8-hsWXk', '29'); An Environmental Protection Agency memo on ocean acidification played a role in the settlement of a lawsuit that challenged the EPA's failure to address the issue under the Clean Water Act. To help us… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch As Wind Power Expands, So Do Threats to Bat Population Ed Jahn of Oregon Public Broadcasting looks at the deadly effect wind power turbines can have on migratory bats in the Pacific Northwest. Continue watching