Human lives have been influenced by animals in matters that reach far beyond the food chain. On Sunday, NATURE’s Wisdom of the Wild illustrates some of the surprising ways in which animals help people in body, mind, and spirit. Watch a preview…
Michael Phelps, the 23-year-old Olympic swimmer, is on a quest to win all 8 gold medals. While Phelps’s teammates reportedly call him “squid boy,” many commentators have dubbed him “the human dolphin”. But does the name really fit? Read more…
LED lights have sparked a $4 billion industry. Part 1 reports from Japan, a hub of LED innovation. Part 2 explains how a remote area of Japan discovered how to make LEDs commercially viable.
In 1988, Dr. James Hansen, dir. of the NASA Goddard Institute, brought attention to global warming when he said in Congress: “The greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now.” Watch a recent interview:
NOVA ScienceNow producer Julia Cort talks to MIT geologist Sam Bowring about a mass extinction at the end of the Permian period and discusses whether it could happen again. Listen now…
This fall, more than 14 years after scientists first broke ground on construction, the multi-billion dollar Large Hadron Collider is expected to send its first beams of protons charging toward one another at near light speeds and then smashing head-on in carefully orchestrated collisions. Read more…
Aging: the “longevity gene”
Space Elevator: 22,000-miles-high
Mayan Ruins: pinpointed by satellite
Profile: Bonnie Bassler - how bacteria “talk”
Earlier this week, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the discovery of 125,000 lowland gorillas in the northern part of the Republic of Congo. NewsHour spoke to WCS CEO Steven Sanderson. Read or watch the interview…
Just days before the Olympic games begin, a haze still stretches across Beijing. Despite China’s considerable efforts, the smog has been overwhelming. China’s smog-forming ozone reaches all the way to California — and it will soon be the world’s largest source of global warming pollution. Read more….
