Near the fabled city of Pompeii lies Herculaneum, another city buried and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In Secrets of the Dead: Herculaneum Uncovered, follow geo-archaeologists as they unearth precious artifacts that reveal what life was like before the eruption…
On Sunday, NASA’s Phoenix lander became the fifth probe to successfully land on Mars, touching down near the Red Planet’s north pole. Over the next three months, Phoenix will take soil samples, searching for evidence of complex organic molecules in the ice-rich Martian arctic.
This weekend, while you honor America’s men and women in uniform, take a moment to show your appreciation for dolphins as well. Since the late 1950s, the U.S. Navy has used these smart and easy to train mammals to guard ships and search for mines. Learn more.
There may be potentially dangerous chemicals leaching into our food from the containers that we use every day. Bill Moyers Journal and Expose examine why…watch episode.
Despite findings that Global Warming is likely to cause more hurricanes and tropical storms worldwide; a recent study also finds that the number that may occur in the Atlantic States region is most likely to decrease. See report (’hurricane future’ in sidebar).
There are more than half a million bridges in the United States, and you rely on them every day to cross obstacles like streams, valleys, and railroad tracks. But do you know how they work? Find out.
A new study indicates that nearly all of the whales that currently swim the seas have evolved attributes that protect them from the bends.
The bends occurs during rapid decompression, such as when a diver resurfaces too quickly. Nitrogen bubbles form in blood vessels and in body tissues, and the consequences may be fatal. That’s [...]
One of News Flash 5’s kid correspondents, Nicholas, age 10, presents a compelling argument for continuing to teach fractions in school…(if you’re not familiar with the debate, see a see news story on the opposite side of the debate, a professor calling for the elimination of fraction instruction.)
How much do you love your dog? A California-based biotech startup is banking that for some pet owners the bond they share with their dog is worth a $100,000 bid on the chance to clone it.
A recent survey by Penn State researchers of high school science teachers yielded the surprising results that an estimated 16% in the U.S. believe in creationism. With this large a number potentially spreading creationist doctrine, is it any surprise that the recent documentary ‘Expelled‘, about those who study the concept of intelligent design is so [...]
