Jul 04 Physicists Announce Evidence of Higgs-Like Particle Updated: 11:40 a.m. ET | Here's a look at Wednesday's exciting announcement from CERN. Plus, we've included a sampling of visual primers from various media outlets to help explain the Higgs boson, what it is, why it's been so… Continue reading
Jun 28 Behind the Scenes: Attacking Science Jargon in 'Flame Challenge' EmbedVideo(3742, 482, 304); In 1947, when film star Alan Alda was 11-years-old, he asked a teacher the seemingly innocuous question, "What is a flame?" The answer, "oxidation," was thoroughly unsatisfying to young Alda. Fast forward… Continue reading
Jun 21 Carl Zimmer Uncovers Our 'Planet of Viruses' EmbedVideo(3696, 482, 304); Consider these facts from Carl Zimmer's book, "A Planet of Viruses": If you put all the viruses in the ocean on a scale, they would equal the weight of 75 million blue… Continue reading
Jun 14 The Science of Storytelling: A Conversation with Jonathan Gottschall Now this is a story all about how... we tell stories. Whether it's the Fresh Prince's fights on a Philadelphia playground or the struggles of Odysseus at sea, stories have always captivated our attention, and narrative… Continue reading
Jun 07 Where Have All the Stars Gone? EmbedVideo(3578, 482, 304); The thrill of gazing into a night sky packed with stars, constellations and a stretch of our Milky Way galaxy is primal and timeless -- and it's become increasingly rare. Skyglow from city… Continue reading
May 31 Louisiana Islander: Water Is 'Closing in on Us' By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy // On Friday, the NewsHour will report on how subsidence, rising seas and storms have battered coastal Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles, an island that has been home to Native tribes since the 1800s. As a preview to the… Continue reading
May 24 How the Nuclear Bomb Gave Us the Computer EmbedVideo(3476, 480, 320); At the close of World War II, in Princeton, N.J.'s Institute for Advanced Study, an extension of the Manhattan Project was busy building a bomb that would be a thousand times more powerful than the… Continue reading
May 17 SpaceX Readies for Historic Launch EmbedVideo(3389, 482, 304); On Saturday, if all goes as planned, the privately owned spaceflight company SpaceX will launch its Dragon capsule into low-Earth orbit and three days later dock with the International Space Station. It would… Continue reading
May 10 'Oops Babies' Sired by Twice-Vasectomized Chimp EmbedVideo(3319, 482, 304); Editor's note: On Thursday's NewsHour broadcast, science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on the debate over using chimpanzees for biomedical research. First, here's an inside look at one of the sanctuaries profiled in… Continue reading
May 03 Are You Smarter Than a 10th Grader on Climate Change? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Think you understand climate science better than the average American teen? On the PBS NewsHour this week we've been focusing on how climate change is taught in the classroom. But you can test your knowledge with this climate quiz:… Continue reading