Space Shuttle Discovery Draws Eyes to Sky for Final Flight
Listen to the AudioNASA's space shuttle Discovery captivated people in and around the nation's capital Tuesday as it flew piggy-back on a 747 over the Capitol en route on its last landing at Dulles...
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Space Tornadoes, Baby Stars, and Ancient Galaxies
After a thousand days in space, the Infrared Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope has sent back thousands of images of stars being born, space "tornadoes" and galaxies at the edge of the...
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Infrared Camera Sees Through Stardust to the Edge of the Universe
Space tornadoes, stellar nurseries, primitive galaxies - these are just a few of the dazzling images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope since its 2003 launch. This week, NASA posted a collection...
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Solar Suitcase Report Spurs Gifts to Aid Baby Delivieries in Developing World
A Liberian midwife learns how to maintain and clean a newly installed solar suitcase.PBS NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels recently reported on the Berkeley, Calif., nonprofit We Care Solar,...
View ArticleGulf Still Grapples With Massive BP Oil Leak 2 Years Later
Listen to the AudioTwo years after the largest oil leak in U.S. history, the Gulf of Mexico region still struggles with its impact. Jeffrey Brown, David Valentine of the University of California, Santa...
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Geoscientist Bungee Jumps to Imitate Shifting Climate
EmbedVideo(3214, 482, 304);Richard Alley has taken an extreme leap -- off a really high bridge -- to demonstrate how drastically the Earth's climate is shifting. In two installments of the PBS series...
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Baby Dolphin Die-Offs Continue in the Gulf
An unusually high number of dead dolphins - including stillborn and infant calves - have washed up along the Gulf of Mexico shores in the two years since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded into...
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Live Chat: Why Aren't There More Female Scientists and Engineers?
This week on the NewsHour, we take a look at why women lag behind in some areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with reports beginning Wednesday online and on the...
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Why Engineering, Science Gender Gap Persists
A female lab technician pipettes liquid into test tubes. Photo by Apostrophe Productions.Shree Bose, who won the grand prize at this year's Google Global Science Fair, credits her love of science to...
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What We Lose By Losing Women in the Hard Sciences
EmbedVideo(3255, 482, 304);Is it inherent gender differences, subtle discrimination, the overwhelming "maleness" of the hard science fields? Experts have struggled for years to understand what's...
View ArticleBridging the Gender Gap: Why More Women Aren't Computer Scientists, Engineers
Listen to the Audio"If you completely shut out the entire feminine perspective on the world," says Maria Klawe of Harvey Mudd College, "you're going to have a different set of products." Judy Woodruff...
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Tiny 3-D Structures Assemble with Remarkable Precision
EmbedVideo(3225, 514, 320);A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins University are developing self-assembling, three-dimensional nanostructures that can be used for targeted drug delivery. Think devices...
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Transparency or Bust: Riding a Hacker Bus to Change Brazil
Photo of the Onibus Hacker by Bruno Fernandes.There's a buzz in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil.Actually, it's more of a rumbling sound coming from the turbocharged Mercedes diesel engine on the...
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Climate In The Classroom: Teachers Share Their Stories
This week, the PBS NewsHour will report on one teacher's struggles to teach climate change in her Colorado classroom. This comes as the National Academies Press is preparing to roll out new national...
View Article'Liquid Bandages' Could Help Re-Grow Skin, Save Lives
Listen to the AudioDr. Mark Carlson of Nebraska Surgical Research is developing a liquid bandage to stop bleeding quickly and potentially save lives in battlefield situations while also aiding future...
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Join a Live Chat Thursday: How Do You Teach Climate Change in the Classroom?
EmbedVideo(3302, 482, 304);Watch the full segment on teaching climate change from Wednesday's broadcast above.Post updated to reflect a change in panelistsFor the first time, national science...
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Black Hole Rips Star To Shreds, Then Swallows It
Computer simulation shows a star being shredded by the gravity of a massive black hole and ejecting the debris at high speeds.The blue dot pinpoints the black hole's location. Credit: NASA, S....
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Are You Smarter Than a 10th Grader on Climate Change?
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...
View ArticleSpaceX Boldly Looks to Blast 'Millions of People to Mars'
Listen to the AudioWith the space shuttle era now over and U.S. space flight on the verge of going private for the near future, the company behind the so-called SpaceX project has ambitious plans to...
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Bugs for Dinner? Join the Rest of the World
An edible waterbug. Photo by Sevda Eris / KQEDWhen I told my wife and family that I was going to be eating insects as part of a story I was preparing for the PBS NewsHour, the universal response was...
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