• Looking past Trump, Clinton aims to help other Democrats

    Looking past Trump, Clinton aims to help other Democrats

    Oct 23, 2016 09:14 PM EST

    ... to do the hard and maybe most important work of healing, healing our country," Clinton said Sunday at Union Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q21QwT4_yNo For Democrats, there's another reason to try to run up the score. With Trump warning he ...

  • WATCH: Flood relief for Louisiana 'is not a photo-op issue,' says Obama

    WATCH: Flood relief for Louisiana 'is not a photo-op issue,' says Obama

    Aug 23, 2016 12:33 PM EST

    ... op issue," the president said in a statement to reporters. "I need all Americans to stay focused on this ... I know you will rebuild again." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gznpGiDM8ds Obama's visit was a reminder of the political dangers and opportunities that natural disasters can pose. The ...

  • Solar plane leaving U.S. for Europe after yearlong stay

    Solar plane leaving U.S. for Europe after yearlong stay

    Jun 19, 2016 08:38 PM EST

    ... meters wider than a Boeing 747 and holds 17,248 solar cells that power its propellers and charge its batteries, enabling uninterrupted multi-day flights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpCkmIGQoYo Video edited by Andi Wang. The pair began their journey across the globe on March 9, 2015, flying ...

  • Can our bodies handle the hyperloop?

    Can our bodies handle the hyperloop?

    May 11, 2016 06:46 PM EST

    ... merry-go-round. The wildest one engineered by Ames could propel a person at up to 20 Gs or 20 times the normal forces of gravity we experience on Earth. During the early days of the space program, NASA Ames Research Center built a series of centrifuges to test how ...

  • I couldn’t sleep last night, because Scott Kelly came home

    I couldn’t sleep last night, because Scott Kelly came home

    Mar 02, 2016 02:27 PM EST

    ... urine all day and saliva in the morning. On other days, we might do ultrasound exams,” Kelly recounted a week ago. Life on Earth loves gravity. Our bodies evolved to hunger for gravity. Without it, our bones lose their mass, our muscles wilt and our metabolisms slow. The ultrasounds and ...

  • TVs, radar guns and other technologies linked to Einstein’s theories of relativity

    TVs, radar guns and other technologies linked to Einstein’s theories of relativity

    Nov 25, 2015 10:33 PM EST

    ... German-born physicist was also thought of as a wantaway father, a civil rights advocate, an antifeminist, a pacifist, an iconoclast and a rock star. https://twitter.com/cenmag/status/669583995550724096 That’s the thing. By hunting for a unified theory of everything, Einstein united our fascinations in theoretical physics ...

  • Why these water droplets behave like trampolines

    Why these water droplets behave like trampolines

    Nov 06, 2015 06:14 PM EST

    Water is weird. It's essential for life, but too much can wreck your cells. When frozen, it's slippery, but physicists aren't sure why. If you boil water in zero gravity, rather than make bubbles, it creates a mushroom cloud. And when put under certain pressures, water behaves ...

  • 8 things you didn't know about 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

    8 things you didn't know about 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

    Oct 31, 2015 06:04 PM EST

    ... women’s fashion, jumpsuits were all the rage. And Margaret Thatcher would become the first woman to head a political party in the U.K. https://play.spotify.com/user/pbsnewshour/playlist/51sCiEYBHaYy3tgAgMTbVw While the explosive operatic rock ballad was quickly a hit in the band’s homeland, it took ...

  • How NASA measures the death of a glacier from space

    How NASA measures the death of a glacier from space

    Sep 02, 2015 10:40 PM EST

    In 2017, a new NASA satellite called ICESat-2 will measure how fast ice is melting in order to estimate how soon coastal cities might suffer from sea level rise.

  • Nepal gets a piece of Pluto plus four new surprises from New Horizons

    Nepal gets a piece of Pluto plus four new surprises from New Horizons

    Jul 17, 2015 10:51 PM EST

    Gas tails and Nepalese landmarks are just some of the latest updates from NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto.