Aug 10 Study: More coffee may prevent your ears from ringing By Xander Landen Drinking coffee may prevent tinnitus, or chronic ringing of the ears, according to new research from Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston. Doctors previously thought that people with tinnitus should give up drinking coffee, in fear that caffeine may increase… Continue reading
Aug 07 Astronomers discover 2.6 million light-year bridge between galaxies By Justin Scuiletti A team of astronomers and students have discovered a stream of hydrogen gas in space that is the largest known to date -- and dwarfs our own galaxy in comparison. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch Can betting against yourself online help you save money? By PBS News Hour Behavioral science is behind a host of new online applications that nudge people into making better decisions on everything from health care to saving money. Continue watching
Jul 16 45 years ago, Apollo 11 blasted off into space By Ariel Min Forty-five years ago today, the historic liftoff of Apollo 11 was broadcast around the country as America sent the first humans to the moon. Continue reading
Jul 08 Scientific journal Nature retracts controversial stem cell papers By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Last week, the scientific journal Nature retracted two papers which claimed that skin cells could be turned into stem cells. Continue reading
Jul 05 Great white shark attacks swimmer off California coast By Elisabeth Ponsot Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Rick Flores told the Associated Press that the victim was bitten on the upper right side of his body and had suffered puncture wounds. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Take a tour of mission leader Fabien Cousteau’s underwater lab By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 28 Aquanaut Fabien Cousteau’s 31-day mission underwater By Hari Sreenivasan Fabien Cousteau, grandson of the legendary underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau, is part of the team spending more than a month beneath the waves at FIU's Aquarius Lab. Continue reading
Jun 25 How to 3-D print a dinosaur By Colleen Shalby The Smithsonian's Digitization Program is 3-D scanning and printing the more than 200 bones of the Nation's T.rex, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons ever discovered. Continue reading
Jun 21 So you want to create your own Rubik’s Cube By Tracy Wholf In honor of four decades of the Rubik’s Cube, Google has created a “Chrome Lab” where you can build your own Rubik’s Cube. Continue reading