What’s the Fallout for Dogs and Cats Near Fukushima?
(While shooting, the NewsHour and Safecast crew encounter an abandoned dog. Photo by Sean Bonner of Safecast.org.)
Research suggests that anywhere from six to 100 U.S. airline passengers each year could get cancer from the machines. Still, the TSA has repeatedly defined the scanners as “safe,” glossing over the accepted scientific view that even low doses of ionizing radiation — the kind beamed directly at the body by the X-ray scanners — increase the risk of cancer.
U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners via ProPublica/PBS NewsHour
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Dragonflies hunt their prey, mate and lay eggs in mid-air. They have eyes that wrap around their head. They can fly straight up, straight down, hover like helicopters and disappear in a blur.
Miles O’Brien reports for Science Nation on research about these ancient insects.
Miles O’Brien celebrates the last shuttle launch with a cigar. This was his 41 time covering a shuttle launch.
Miles posted a photo of his team buying the cigars last night on his Facebook page.
Inside the humidor at Cigars, Etc. in Cocoa Beach. A visit there is part of my pre-launch ritual. Owner Ken Roder has put the place up for sale…
Watch as astronauts prepare Atlantis for the final mission of the NASA space shuttle program at 11:26 a.m. ET.
This will mark the 135th and final launch of America’s 30-year space shuttle program.
Video of the crazy lightning strike near the space shuttle launch pad today in Florida. NASA says the launch is still a go.
A grim weather forecast threatens to cloud plans for Friday’s scheduled launch, our Rundown Blog reported earlier.
(Source: nasa.gov)
Can DIY Movement Fix a Crisis in U.S. Science Education?
Check out this fantastic report on the ‘making’ movement from Miles O’Brien,
Then tell us on Facebook or here - your favorite DIY experiment?
(Source: newshour.pbs.org)
“I now have my FAA cupcake rating” - Miles O’Brien.
Watch his dispatch from Maker Faire on Ustream at about 6:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, or catch it later online.
Thanks David Waters for the photo
Inside the Teen Brain
By NewsDesk
Ever wonder what’s going on in the teen mind?
Adriana Galvan, a UCLA psychologist who studies the structure, function and firing patterns of teen brains, says the architecture of the teen brain is fundamentally different than that of an adult. And the brain doesn’t make decisions or manage stress the same way.
“Teenagers experience stress as more stressful,” Galvan says.
Miles O’Brien explores the subject in the National Science Foundation’s latest Science Nation piece.
*For the record, the National Science Foundation is an underwriter of the NewsHour.
What Will Sea Level Rise Do to Marshes?
By NewsDesk
Villanova University scientist Nathaniel Weston is studying how climate change and sea level rise could affect salt and freshwater marshes. Saltwater seeping into freshwater marshes could injure the plants, animals, bacteria and marine life that live and feed off the marsh.
Science correspondent Miles O’Brien takes a look at the tools scientists are using to investigate the water elevation and the soil chemistry of the marshes and how plants respond to growing at different water levels. Miles reports here for National Science Foundation’s* Science Nation.
*For the record, the National Science Foundation is an underwriter of the NewsHour.
(Source: newshour.pbs.org)
