Houston Matters
Is It Time To Reconsider The 14-Day Rule On Studying Human Embryos?
Posted on · An ethical rule prohibits embryos from being studied outside of the human body past 14 days. But, with recent scientific advances, should we reconsider?
Tag: science
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1513: The Accidental Creationist
Posted on · Episode: 1513 The Accidental Creationist: In which science changes with the telling of it. Today, the problem of telling about science.
Health & Science
Scientists Want To Sequence The DNA Of Every Species On Earth
Posted on · Researchers, including some at Baylor College of Medicine, hope the Earth BioGenome Project will lead to medical and environmental breakthroughs.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1508: Alchemy
Posted on · Episode: 1508 The alchemists and chemistry before the middle 19th century. Today, we remember alchemy.
Energy & Environment
Texas Could Look Increasingly Like West Texas, Climate Study Says
Posted on · Scientists say arid conditions are expanding into the nation's lusher, eastern regions
News
Chinese Space Lab Crashes To Earth
Posted on · Tiangong-1, an abandoned Chinese orbiting lab, re-entered the atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean Sunday evening, fulfilling predictions by the European Space Agency.
Health & Science
New Studies Say Coffee May Lower Risk Of Colon Cancer, But This Oncologist Is Skeptical
Posted on · Scientists have not come up with a particular explanation as to why coffee could effect the rates of colon cancer, but one thing mentioned was insulin resistance pathways
News
Texas’ New “Do Not Resuscitate” Law Now In Effect
Posted on · The law regulates DNR order procedures, and even adds criminal penalties, in certain cases
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1483: Gibbs and Visualization
Posted on · Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
Houston Matters
How Houstonians Pronounce Different Words Depends A Lot On Their Age And Race
Posted on · A project called the Houston Urban English Study (HUES) examines the way English is spoken in different parts of the city by different age groups and ethnicities.
News
Scientists Are Amazed By Stone Age Tools They Dug Up In Kenya
Posted on · The discovery suggests an earlier start to the Middle Stone Age in Africa than previously documented. It also offers clues to early social networks and symbolic art by human ancestors.
News
Brilliant, Popular Physicist Stephen Hawking Dies At 76
Posted on · Hawking was a widely popular theoretical physicist who changed how scientists and the world think about gravity
Houston Matters
Local Researchers Work On New Ways To Look At The Human Heart
Posted on · When you have a heart attack, cells inside the heart are irreparably damaged. But researchers here in Houston have come up with some new technology that might someday change that.
Energy & Environment
Scientists Learning More About How Harvey’s Floodwaters Behaved
Posted on · Studies from Texas and Florida looked at how the storm's floodwaters moved through the region.
Houston Matters
What Researchers Found On Hours And Hours Of Audio Tapes From NASA’s Apollo Missions
Posted on · Dr. John Hansen and his team of researchers from UT-Dallas pored through countless hours of tapes from NASA's archives with much more than preserving history in mind.