Aug 24 How do you stop invasive lionfish? Maybe with a robotic zapper By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs A nonprofit company is engineering robots to cull invasive lionfish, a detrimental species in the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading
Aug 23 Watch 8:50 To combat climate change, these scientists are turning CO2 into rock By PBS News Hour Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a major contributor to global warming. But what if there were a way to turn that gas into rock and store it safely, thousands of feet underground? One power plant in Iceland is attempting… Continue watching
Aug 16 Education Department to offer aid for professional training partnerships By Courtney Norris The U.S. Department of Education is providing $17 million in grants and loans to assist low-income students in enrolling in eight “nontraditional” training programs, part of the Obama administration’s efforts to make college more accessible and affordable. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 8:16 How machines are learning to read your mood By PBS News Hour Can artificial intelligence be emotionally intelligent? In Boston, researchers have programed BB-8, the little droid from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” to detect expressions and determine how people are feeling. And that technology is being adapted for marketing, video games,… Continue watching
Aug 10 This year’s innovative Olympic gear designed to protect health too By Leigh Anne Tiffany This year, at the Rio 2016 Olympics, advances in wearable tech serve a purpose beyond performance: protecting an athlete’s health. From sportswear designers, here are four innovations created for these Olympic games. Continue reading
Jul 25 Oakland hackers take a stab at making crowdfunded insulin By Andrew Stelzer, KQED Counter Culture Labs has about 35 dues-paying members and dozens of volunteers. Aside from the insulin project, the DIY scientists are trying to make vegan cheese. Continue reading
Jul 14 Pokémon GO uses augmented reality — or does it? By Larry Greenemeier, Scientific American Pokémon GO’s pocket monsters may be taking over the world—but they’re not quite part of it yet, a tech pioneer insists… Continue reading
Jul 13 New underwater microscope films kissing and fighting corals like never before By Leigh Anne Tiffany We can now get up close and personal with corals, watching how they kiss and fight, thanks to a new high-tech microscope. Continue reading
Jul 08 Robot-delivered lethal explosive in Dallas police standoff was a first, experts say By Kassia Halcli, Gretchen Frazee Dallas police executed an unprecedented move Friday morning, when officers used a robot-delivered bomb to engage a suspect. Continue reading
Jun 30 Journey to the mysterious gray rock By Jenny Marder This Science Bedtime Story tells the incredible - and briefly, terrifying - story of the intrepid spacecraft that flew to Pluto and of Alice Bowman, a little girl who loved space and grew up to become one of the mission's… Continue reading