Jun 05 Expanded List of Science Rap Contest Finalists This rap about the math concept known as the Fibonacci Sequence, is by Elissa Malcolm. Last week, we announced the finalists for the PBS NewsHour's Gza-inspired science rap contest. The entries were terrific and ranged from rocks and space… Continue reading
May 31 Investigating Bombs with Robots and Shrapnel By Ray Suarez EmbedVideo(6586, 482, 304); For Tuesday's NewsHour, Science correspondent Miles O'Brien visited the barren desert canyons of New Mexico, where investigators study explosives... by building and exploding bombs. While there, they assembled a pressure-cooker bomb -- the kind used… Continue reading
May 28 Building a Pressure Cooker Bomb On Tuesday's PBS NewsHour, Miles O'Brien visits the nation's most active explosives test facility, where scientists investigate the bombs that were detonated at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Screen grabs from PBS NewsHour/NOVA It's a strange phone… Continue reading
May 22 Building a Monster Tornado Homes, trees and cars damaged by Monday's tornado are seen by early morning light near Telephone Road and SW 4th Street in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman / NewsOK.com. On Tuesday,… Continue reading
May 20 A High Tech Solution for a Neighborhood Problem By Cat Wise Correspondent Spencer Michels talks with the co-founders of Civic Insight, a technology startup aimed at helping cities like New Orleans tackle an ugly problem -- blight by makes real-time government data about a community's underutilized spaces. Continue reading
May 20 Life of Sally Ride Honored at Kennedy Center Tribute American astronaut Sally Ride monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the flight deck in 1983. Photo by Apic/Getty Images. *Editor's note: On Monday, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien will serve as master of ceremonies at… Continue reading
May 16 Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reflects on Four Months in Orbit Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who returned to Earth this week after four months on the International Space Station, fields questions on Thursday about his time in orbit. The astronaut whose unmatched commitment to connecting with the world while… Continue reading
May 10 As Rios Montt Trial Nears End, a Look Back at U.S. Role in Guatemala’s Civil War José Efraín Ríos Montt inside the courtroom where he is being tried for genocide and crimes against humanity. Photo by Xeni Jardin. Update: 2:50 p.m. ET | After seven weeks of testimony, a verdict may be reached today on the… Continue reading
May 07 Inspiring Science With Frozen Roadkill and Harvested Whale Bones Spencer Michels interviewed Dan Sudran from San Francisco's Mission Science Workshop, who uses unlikely objects in an unlikely place to inspire kids about science. When San Francisco's newly constructed Exploratorium opened this spring on a pier sticking… Continue reading
May 06 News Flash: EPA Now Accountable to Public EmbedVideo(5947, 482, 304); This is the first of two PBS NewsHour reports on hexavalent chromium, a chemical found in U.S. drinking water and the agency charged with regulating it. This report aired on March 13. There is… Continue reading