Jul 06 Watch 9:20 Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment By PBS News Hour Lenny and Amy’s 5-year-old son has epilepsy. When conventional medications caused terrible side effects, they started giving him a daily drop of cannabis oil, with dramatic results. But it’s a calculated risk: While there is anecdotal evidence of cannabis’ effectiveness,… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 5:52 NASA scientists try to stop space fires — by setting them By PBS News Hour Confined spaces, low gravity and high concentrations of oxygen mean any unexpected fire on a space station could well be a death sentence, especially since fire extinguishers aren’t very effective away from Earth. So NASA scientists are trying to develop… Continue watching
Jun 01 Watch 7:10 Beam me up — NASA experiments with inflatable modules By PBS News Hour Over the weekend, astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station added a module like none other. Think an RV that expands out the back with extra space for sleeping quarters. In the case of the ISS, it was an inflatable… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch An exclusive look at the world’s largest-ever nuclear cleanup By PBS News Hour Five years ago, an epic tsunami off the coast of Japan triggered a triple-reactor nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Ever since then, 7,000 workers have been laboring round-the-clock on a massive, and unprecedented, cleanup effort. Science… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 8:18 Can mutant mosquitoes be used to fight Zika and dengue fever? By PBS News Hour As mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever and Zika virus continue to ravage Brazil, scientists are racing to fight back. Their latest tactic: genetically engineered mosquitoes that will pass along fatal mutations to their offspring, destroying mosquito populations from within. Continue watching
Jul 30 Watch 6:39 Will debris help narrow search for MH370? By PBS News Hour Even though it seems more and more likely that the debris recovered on the island of Reunion is part of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, many questions still remain. Judy Woodruff learns more from science correspondent Miles O’Brien and… Continue watching
Jun 10 What my Ebola scare taught me By P. J. Tobia Miles O’brien has given NewsHour viewers a look into the heart of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, digging deep into the science, medicine and cutting edge research unfolding along with the crisis. But behind the science are human beings. Doctors and… Continue reading
Jun 03 What scientists still don’t know about Ebola might surprise you By P. J. Tobia Ebola has taken the lives of 11,000 people and sickened another 26,000. But scientists know less than you might think about the origins of the virus or how it made its leap to humans. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 3:31 How brain stimulation helped Miles O’Brien land a helicopter By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 10 Before CNN tells Miles O’Brien’s story, watch his 3 reports on bionic arms By Jenny Marder Tonight, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta will host a documentary about our science correspondent, Miles O’Brien, and the days and months that followed the freak accident that took his left arm — and nearly his life. Continue reading