Jun 19 Clarinet Player Seeks Cicadas for Jam Session EmbedVideo(6721, 482, 304); Musician David Rothenberg plays his clarinet with the buzz of cicadas as his accompaniment. In early June, David Rothenberg journeyed to the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New York's Hudson Valley in search of fellow… Continue reading
Jun 12 Gullies on Mars Give Way to Dreams of Snowboarding in Space This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an example "linear gullies" formed by dry ice thawing across the planet's sand dunes. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona. Mars' surface is streaked… Continue reading
Jun 05 Chemistry Teacher Mixes Science and Innovation and Sets It on Fire By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Jamie Munkatchy teaches juniors and seniors how to make ethanol in their South Bronx classroom. A trio of girls start shrieking as their crucible of clear liquid catches fire. This is exactly the result they were hoping for. 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 15 Moon and Earth May Share a Watery Past Tiny beads of green glass from the moon may hold the answers to the Earth's watery past. Photo by NASA. It took three years for Alberto Saal of Brown University, Erik Hauri of the Carnegie Institution… Continue reading
May 08 Watch From Guatemalan Soil, Scientists Unearth Signs of Genocide From Guatemalan soil, scientists unearth signs of genocide… Continue watching
May 08 Watch From Guatemalan Soil, Scientists Unearth Signs of Genocide In Guatemala, investigators using forensic science have compelling evidence that thousands of innocent indigenous Ixil Mayans were the target of extermination in the 1980s. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on how murder, politics and science intersect in the genocide trial… Continue watching
May 01 The Antarctic’s Ice Paradox Scientists have been trying to create a clearer picture of how the Antarctic responds to climate change. Photo by Nerilie Abram. It's no secret that the ice sheet is melting in Greenland. Last year, the Arctic ice… Continue reading
Apr 24 Creating a Whole New Planet for Math and Science As part of an ongoing web series, NewsHour profiles STEM teachers who have found innovative ways to teach their students about math and science. EmbedVideo(6298, 482, 304); Video by Rebecca Jacobson and Cindy Huang. Jerriel Hall meets his 23… Continue reading
Apr 17 Science of Light Diffusion Brings Gollum to Life EmbedVideo(6222, 482, 304); Watch Visual Effects artist Joe Letteri explain how the science of light diffusion made digital characters more realistic. It was near midnight in the winter of 1998 when computer graphics researcher Henrik Jensen made… Continue reading