Sep 23 Watch Hackers breach biology to transform life into building material By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 23 What is biohacking and why should we care? By Spencer Michels Biohacking is a fairly new practice that could lead to major changes in our life. You could it call citizen or do-it-your-self biology. It takes place in small labs -- mostly non-university -- where all sorts of people get together… Continue reading
Sep 04 ‘Mushroom’ sea creature makes a new branch on the tree of life By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A mushroom-shaped animal found deep in the ocean doesn’t fit anywhere on the tree of life. Dendrogramma enigmatica and Dendrogramma discoides are only a few millimeters wide, with a wide disc at one end and long stalk with a… Continue reading
Sep 04 What happens to a marsh when sea levels rise? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy What happens to a 2,000 year-old marsh when sea levels rise? Scientists have been studying the Plum Island Estuary to find out. Continue reading
May 14 Poking cells, solving mysteries and other reasons scientists love basic research By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Scientists and engineers frequently seek solutions to specific problems. But the goal -- and challenge -- of basic research is to tackle broad questions without an immediate application in mind. As part of our ongoing series on the subject, PBS… Continue reading
May 13 Watch NewsHour asks: why do you choose basic research? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch New research suggests possibility of common underlying biology in children who develop autism By PBS News Hour As the U.S. government increases its estimate of the prevalence of autism to being one in every 68 children, scientists have announced new research that shows there may be a common disruption in parts of the brain essential to emotions,… Continue watching
Jan 22 What a glowing green worm can teach us about our immune systems By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Dennis Kim, associate professor of biology at MIT, spends his days carefully raising worms that are no bigger than a comma. The students in his lab feed them, watching them grow and multiply on petri dishes that sit in a… Continue reading
Nov 29 Watch Why the Cassini Mission Needs to Continue Judy Woodruff asks Carolyn Porco if NASA can afford to continue exploring Saturn. Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Playing Judo with Nature Netherlands scientists play "judo with nature", using nature's own forces against storms. Continue watching