Dec 31 Why are snowy owls moving so far from their Arctic home? And where can I spot one? By Lorna Baldwin Why are so many snowy owls popping up thousands of miles from their Arctic stomping grounds? Bird experts say the most likely reason is an abundance of rodents (lemmings are their prey of choice) in northern Quebec last year, and… Continue reading
Dec 26 Spectacular timelapse shows the International Space Station at work By News Desk European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst used his 166 days aboard the International Space Station to build an enormous high-resolution time lapse sequence featuring more than 12,000 photos of the planet, the atmosphere and the systems on the station. Continue reading
Dec 15 Forget armband trackers like Fitbit, new body monitors live in your gut By Frank Browning, Kaiser Health News These so-called nanomeds, miniscule sensors embedded in a placebo pill that you swallow, set up shop in your gut. As they slowly work their way through your system, these “ingestibles” – which are actually not digested – are switched on… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 6:12 Talking to dogs isn’t so far-fetched: Researchers translate canine with computer science By PBS News Hour Researchers at North Carolina State University are inventing technology to decode dog talk. Hari Sreenivasan visits a computer science lab that has designed a harness to monitor physiological and emotional changes and send wireless commands through vibrations, which could be… Continue watching
Dec 04 Zig-zag on ancient shell may rewrite art and human history By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy On a prehistoric white shell fossil from the island of Java, tiny zig-zag shaped scratches may etch out the beginning of art history, and rewrite our human history. A study published in Nature this week found that the markings on… Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch Before NASA pioneers to Mars, Orion spacecraft faces tests By PBS News Hour NASA envisions a human presence on Mars in 20 years. But how will we get there? The Orion spacecraft, an unmanned capsule, will launch on its maiden voyage as an important test for future missions. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports… Continue watching
Nov 17 New photos show Philae’s bumpy comet landing By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The European Space Agency released the first images of Philae's bumpy landing today. Orbiting spacecraft Rosetta captured the lander drifting across the surface of Comet 67P for half an hour until its first bounce landing. Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch Scientists who dared to land on a comet score a touchdown By PBS News Hour The European Space Agency successfully landed a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on a moving comet -- a historic first for space exploration. Tom Clarke of Independent Television News reports on the Philae lander’s amazing touchdown. Continue watching
Nov 08 Watch ALMA telescope spots birth of a planet in ‘milestone’ discovery By PBS News Hour Using the ALMA radio telescope in Chile, astronomers were able to capture the formation of a new planet, and scientists are observing it happen more clearly than ever before. Hari Sreenivasan reports. Continue watching
Oct 21 Watch Paralyzed man walks after transplanted cells repair his spine By PBS News Hour A Bulgarian man who was paralyzed from the chest down after a 2010 stabbing can now walk after a pioneering transplant in Poland. Cells from the man’s nose were used to repair his spinal nerves in a surgery that gives… Continue watching