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The newest addition to Lowe’s toolkit: a robot sales associate
Lowe’s Innovation Labs developed a robot sales associate, which will debut at the end of November. Photo courtesy Fellow Robots Lowe’s newest employee is its most groundbreaking power tool yet. Say...
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There’s a giant spot on the sun, and it’s acting weird
The bright light in the lower right region of the sun shows an X-class solar flare on Oct. 26, 2014, as captured by NASA’s SDO. This was the third X-class flare in 48 hour. Image by NASA/SDO By the...
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Rocket explosion raises questions about commercial space travel safety
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSRussian Rocket Explosion Releases Toxic Fuel Cloud SpaceX succeeds at third attempt to launch Falcon 9 rocket Making rocket parts in a giant microwave JUDY...
View ArticleYour eyes could open your bank account or play “World of Warcraft”
In the future, security will be in the eye of the beholder. Texas State University computer scientists are developing a program that will scan users’ eyes to unlock their digital accounts. “Biometrics...
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Oozy lava and solar cannonballs: Here are two hot spots we can’t extinguish
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: There are moments when the power of nature and the elements and the destruction they can cause simply capture everyone’s attention and make you wonder...
View ArticleVirgin Galactic’s ‘SpaceshipTwo’ had ‘in-flight separation’ before crash
Virgin Galactic pilot Todd Ericson talks with NTSB investigator Joe Sedor at the #SpaceShipTwo accident site. pic.twitter.com/mhaAjG3X1K — NTSB (@NTSB) November 2, 2014 The Virgin Galactic test flight...
View ArticleUN report: Without action, climate change effects will be ‘irreversible’
The United Nations warned Sunday that the world must get most of its energy from renewable sources by 2050, or increase the likelihood of what it called “severe, pervasive and irreversible damage.”...
View ArticleIf soil-dwelling fungi could dance, this is what they’d look like
Dancers in brown leotards slither on the floor, reaching for the trapeze artists in green leggings dangling above them. The brown dancers are dangerous soil-dwelling fungi, trying to infect the green...
View ArticleUndercover rover allows up close and personal observations with penguins
Scientists have discovered a new, low-stress way to study penguins: send undercover rovers dressed as their babies. A new report published Sunday in the journal Nature Methods found that studying...
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Will rocket accidents slow the business of space tourism? – Part 2
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSVirgin’s commercial spaceship crashes during test flight Rocket explosion raises questions about commercial space travel safety In space, ‘take your...
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Investigating crash, NTSB considers safety culture of commercial space flight...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSVirgin’s commercial spaceship crashes during test flight Rocket explosion raises questions about commercial space travel safety In space, ‘take your...
View ArticleSix dramatic things said about the latest UN climate report
It’s an “unequivocal” fact that the earth is warming. It’s “extremely likely” that humans are the cause. And if humans don’t take action and significantly cut carbon emissions, the Earth could face...
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Global physics research giant CERN selects first woman to lead
Fabiola Gianotti and David Kaplan talk at the Large Hadron Collider, where the Higgs particle was discovered in 2012. Photo courtesy “Particle Fever” Bond/360 Italian physicist Dr. Fabiola Gianotti...
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The 14-step process to putting on an Ebola protective suit
Treating someone with Ebola involves a painstaking process of suiting up and peeling off protective gear, or in hospital speak, “donning and doffing.” Last month, after two Dallas nurses became...
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Google launches service to store and share human DNA in the cloud
A Google platform will allow hospitals and universities to upload human genomes to the cloud. Image by Wikimedia user Webridge It turns out that a human genome — the complete set of genetic material...
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How mini sponges could save lives on the battlefield and beyond
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSFor Scientists, Collaborative Efforts Could Speed Medical Advances Feds spend billions to kickstart health care innovation Feds spend billions to kickstart...
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ALMA telescope spots birth of a planet in ‘milestone’ discovery
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Tucked away in the constellation Taurus in distance space, planets are being born. How do we know? Because scientists are observing it happen more...
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Philae lander successfully touches down on comet in historic cosmic achievement
The European Space Agency celebrates the historic cosmic achievement of the first-ever comet landing Wednesday. Scientists hope the Philae probe, which is currently resting on Comet...
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Speaking two languages is better for your brain than Sudoku
(Photo by Flickr user Saad Faruque) The mental workout of constantly balancing two competing vocabularies makes it easier for bilinguals to process information, according to a new study published in...
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Chinese hackers breach U.S. weather system
Chinese hackers breached NOAA systems, from which National Weather Service forecasts receive their data, in September. Image by National Weather Service A recent breach by Chinese hackers gave the...
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