Aug 02 Are We All Martians? The Curious Hunt for Life on Mars The prospect that Mars was once a cushy berth for life has waxed and waned as our abilities to study the planet have evolved. In the 1870's an Italian astronomer with the great, lyrical name of… Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch Big Stakes on Small Devices: Apple and Samsung Square Off in Federal Court Big Stakes on Small Devices: Apple and Samsung Square Off in Federal Court… Continue watching
Jul 30 Apple and Samsung Face Off in Court People line up to enter the Robert F. Peckham Federal Courthouse on July 30, 2012 in San Jose, Calif. (All photos by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The high-stakes trial between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. geared up Monday… Continue reading
Jul 25 Sudden, Rare Ice Melt in Greenland. What Caused it? By Jenny Marder In a four-day period this July, the Greenland ice sheet melted at a faster rate than satellite data has ever recorded and at higher elevations than we've seen in our lifetimes. So what caused this extraordinary melt? Since May,… Continue reading
Jul 25 For Politicians, Little to Gain in Gun Control Debate By Dante Chinni The Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., where 12 people were killed Thursday night. Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images. Less than a week after the mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., that left 12 dead and… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch As Colorado Shooter Appears in Court, More Details on How He Obtained Weapons As Colorado Shooter Appears in Court, More Details on How He Obtained Weapons… Continue watching
Jul 19 Climate Change Strikes Especially Hard Blow to Native Americans By Saskia de Melker // On Thursday's NewsHour, NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan moderated a panel discussion on how Native American tribes are coping with climate change. The panel included four native leaders representing their communities at the First Stewards symposium: Jeff Mears… Continue reading
Jul 16 Yahoo! Nabs Google’s Marissa Mayer as Company’s New CEO By Mike Melia Yahoo! has a new leader. Again. Marissa Mayer has been tapped to be the company's next CEO, the fifth person to take the helm of the Internet giant in five years. A longtime Google executive, Mayer had been responsible for… Continue reading
Jul 12 Stellar Arts: Astronomy as Muse for African Artists EmbedVideo(3876, 514, 320); From a gigantic rainbow serpent fashioned out of recycled jerry cans to a painting of girls dancing against a Milky Way backdrop, the exhibit "African Cosmos: Stellar Arts" examines how African artists… Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch As Humans and Computers Merge … Immortality? As Humans and Computers Merge... Immortality?… Continue watching