Dec 08 Private Company SpaceX's Dragon Space Capsule Launched .bbpBox12536450318860288 {background:url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1291318259/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;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 #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} Beautiful launch! Dragon is in orbit. Will provide status updates… Continue reading
Dec 08 WikiLeaks' Supporters Strike Sites WikiLeaks' supporters are striking back at those hampering the controversial site. According to the New York Times: Targets included Mastercard.com, which stopped processing donations for WikiLeaks; Amazon.com, which revoked server space from the group; the online payment service… Continue reading
Dec 07 'Education for Innovation' Town Hall: How Do U.S. Students Stack Up? The NewsHour took part in a special town hall meeting Tuesday on education and innovation. Gwen Ifill and Hari Sreenivasan moderated the event, which included an interview with Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Here's an excerpt of the event:… Continue reading
Dec 07 Just Ask: What Would a Supersized Atom Look Like? By Jenny Marder If you expanded an atom to the size of a baseball, what would it look like? And how would the inside look if you sliced it open? The nucleus is the atom's central core and contains more than 99.9 percent… Continue reading
Dec 06 What We're Reading: Arsenic, Lightfoils and Skull-implanted Cameras Arsenic, Bacteria and Alien Life: Lessons from an Internet Frenzy The Guardian has a nice writeup from an astrobiologist on the speculation, media frenzy and false stories that rolled out along with last week's discovery that scientists had found… Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Washington Inmates Help Protect Endangered Frog, Prison Budget As part of our NewsHour Connect series showcasing public media reporting from around the nation, Jule Gilfillan reports for Oregon Public Broadcasting on a program that has inmates working on environmental projects to conserve water and help protect endangered spotted… Continue watching
Dec 02 Miles O'Brien: Exploring the Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Merapi On Thursday's NewsHour, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports from Indonesia on the science and the superstition surrounding the recent eruption of the deadly Mount Merapi volcano. For an inside look, Hari Sreenivasan caught up with O'Brien in Indonesia for… Continue reading
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