In this clip from "SciTech Now, Ainissa Ramirez, author and self-proclaimed science evangelist, discusses how atoms keep time.
We take a look at how farming companies today are using a carbon rich material to enhance soils or purify polluted waste water. Ainissa Ramirez, scientist, author, and self-proclaimed science evangelist, sits down with us and shares how Origami can save lives. Founder and CEO of Propel shares how his teams’ mobile app is improving the lives of low-income Americans. And we take a look at innovative robotic technology that is being developed in Tokyo.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, we take a look at innovative robotic technology that is being developed in Tokyo.
This clip from "SciTech Now" shows how traffic signals in your community work and how they keep traffic flowing smoothly.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, associate professor of Cognitive Studies at Columbia University, Xiaodong Lin-Siegler, explains how struggles and failures can improve the ability to learn science.
Take a look at the second installment of Science Friday’s “The Real Guide to Imaginary Companions, and discover if imaginary companions link imagination to creative problem solving. The process of trial and error is built into the scientific method, but students don’t often learn about the failures of great scientists. Associate professor of Cognitive Studies at Columbia University, Xiaodong Lin-Siegler, explains how struggles and failures can improve the ability to learn science. The use of simple and innovative technologies alike, are helping disabled scientists work to improve the wheelchair. And we see how the use of a string quartet is helping people understand and connect to climate change.
In this clip from SciTech Now, we dive deep with a new high tech submarine that allows for better underwater exploration for researchers.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, a clip from PBS' Secrets of the Dead examines and explores the myth of the Trojan horse.
We travel back in time at an attraction in New Jersey that is helping visitors picture their backyards with the dinosaurs that used to inhabit them. Discover how a new device, goTenna, allows you to communicate even when you don’t have cell service. We see how geneticists and biotech researchers are working together to breed cattle without horns. And we tag along with researchers in Florida as they inspect Loggerhead Sea Turtle nests and learn why the nest numbers were so high in 2016.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, we attend a contest where students from Pennsylvania State University see who can condense years of research into the best two-minute pitch.
Early onset Alzheimer’s could be the result of a specific genetic mutation in family history; an experimental drug trial may provide insight for those with the disease. Ever wonder if robots in the classroom would be a reality? Education reporter Nichole Dobo tells us about one school were robots in the classroom are a reality. Studies have shown that certain people associate words with shapes, we find out what makes a word seem round or spiky. And detectives in Washington state are trying to take down poachers who are illegally selling shellfish on the black market.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, we see archaeology move underwater as researchers in Michigan discover clues from the past submerged in a hundred feet of water.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, we dive deep as we investigate the oceans, the world’s largest ecosystem. The Ocean Observatories Initiative is working to bring new research collaboration among universities and institutions with the help of an innovative underwater observatory.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, we see how the company Universal Robots is making it safe to work with robots.
In this clip from "SciTech Now, join us as we explore the largest VR entertainment center in the Western hemisphere and see how visitors are exploring an entirely different reality.
In this clip from "SciTech Now," Harvard University's David Edwards shares new ways to eat and drink.
In this clip from "SciTech Now," veterans get a chance to apply their military skills to the business world back home with entrepreneurial "bootcamps" across the country.
In this clip from "SciTech Now," we see how Google is helping make cultural events more accessible to people with disabilities through virtual mapping technology.
We talk with Albert Rizzo, Director of Medical Virtual Reality at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technology. Reporter Matt Ryan investigates invasive species creeping into America’s lakes. Alexander Heffner of The Open Mind interviews Special Advisor to and former Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation about the state of the Internet today. And we visit NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.
In this clip from "SciTech Now," professor Hao Li discusses the future of virtual reality.