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The dangers that lurk within USB devices
Photo by Flickr user USBMemoryDirect.com USB devices, commonly used to copy, store and share data, have also been known as a prime place to carry malware, or malicious software, from one computer to...
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Study: ‘Footprint’ of 2010 Gulf Oil Spill may be worse than thought
A sheen of oil floats on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico near Gulf Shores, Alabama in 2010. According to a study published this week, BP’s 2010 oil spill is affecting more marine ecosystems than...
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Following ‘Rim Fire,’ what should be done with the trees left behind?
The Rim Fire burned through over 250,000 acres of Sierra Nevada forestland last year. Now environmentalists and loggers are debating what to do with the charred remains the fire left behind. Credit:...
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Hear from the scientists who saw the Ohio algae blooms coming
For a second day, residents of Toledo, Ohio, are not able to drink water flowing from their taps. The water is unsafe because of an algae bloom in Lake Erie, which is affecting the city and...
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Playing a small amount of video games daily may ‘level up’ adjustment in...
A bit of gaming each day may keep some negative effects in children away. Photo by Flickr user Rodrigo Della Fávera Parents take note: letting your children finish that one last video game level before...
View ArticleHow tiny ripples can reconstruct sound
A bag of chips sits, apparently silently, on camera. Offscreen, music plays, creating a ripple of nearly undetectable vibrations across the bag’s thin foil layer. In video playback, computer...
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How to reuse cigarette filters to store energy
File photo of cigarettes by Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Collect those discarded cigarette butts. South Korean researchers have found a way to convert the used filters into a material that...
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Rosetta spacecraft’s first images of comet
An artist rendition of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft approaching comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Photo courtesy of the ESA After a 10-year, 4-billion-mile journey, the European Space...
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How Rosetta can help decipher a comet’s secrets
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSRosetta spacecraft’s first images of comet Voyager Becomes First Spacecraft to Enter Interstellar Space Time Runs Out for Telescope, Examining Kepler’s...
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Earthquake early warning system could save lives in California
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Next, we turn to a science report on a major new effort to give California communities more warning about an impending earthquake. RELATED LINKSRecord...
View ArticleMiles O’Brien returns to the site of Japan’s nuclear disaster three years later
In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake shook Japan, triggering a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear disaster. Since then, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien has provided some of...
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Euthanized pets give one last gift
Robyn Zwolinski decided to donate the pancreas of her dog, Blaire, right, pictured with her “little sister” Cleo, in July. The donated organ will further diabetes research at bioscience firm Likarda....
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Engineers want to fill up your tank with sunlight
Engineers are experimenting with new ways of harnessing the power of sun. If they can generate enough heat from sunlight, they can drive chemical reactions and create renewable fuels. Photo by Science...
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Ten year astronaut sleep study reveals widespread use of sleeping pills in space
In space, no one can hear you snore. Astronaut Mike Hopkins takes a spacewalk outside the ISS in December, 2013. Photo by NASA According to the longest sleep study ever conducted in space, astronauts’...
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Astronomers discover 2.6 million light-year bridge between galaxies
A 2.6 million lightyear bridge of hydrogen gas — the largest known — stretches from a large galaxy located at the bottom left to the galaxy at the top. Image by Rhys Taylor/Arecibo Galaxy Environment...
View ArticlePanda triplets born in China
Video by AP Chinese zoo officials in the southern city of Guangzhou’s Chimelong Safari Park have officially announced the birth of extremely rare panda triplets. The trio was born on July 29, but zoo...
View ArticleNASA’s carbon dioxide imaging mission shows first sign of success
A NASA spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has achieved final orbit, producing its first science data this week. The greenhouse gas contributes most significantly to...
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Why are so many lullabies also murder ballads?
Why do so many child lullabies have such dark undertones, and when it comes to their ability to soothe, does it matter? Image by Maria Pavlova and Getty Images In the 1920s, the poet Federico García...
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The internet is getting too big for its routers
Photo by Santiago CabezasWeb users may experience local connectivity problems following the passing of a recent milestone for the internet’s infrastructure. As of 2013, Internet Protocol version 4...
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Watch: Harvard scientists develop tiny robots that can swarm
Borrowing a page out of nature’s handbook, a team of researchers at Harvard University have developed a fleet of miniscule robots that can arrange themselves into complex configurations without the...
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