Oil Spill Remedies: Trial and Error in Deep Water Since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, BP has tried a number of techniques to stanch [...]
Apple and Microsoft’s Tug of War Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, shot past Microsoft on May 26, 2010, supplanting the computer software giant as the world’s most [...]
Dangerous Work: Major oil rig accidents catastrophic but rare Working on oil rigs has inherent risks, from storms to explosions that kill workers or leave them missing at sea. A [...]
Hurricane Season 2010: Storms could cross massive Gulf oil spill The Saffir-Simpson Scale: Hurricane intensity is measured by the storm’s average wind speed. The Saffir-Simpson divides hurricanes into five categories, [...]
Gulf of Mexico oil spill: Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill day by day Since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, an estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day have been [...]
Infographic_News Blips The Other News brought to life 3 stories from the news media in each episode of Hungry Beast. These were some of the highlights. View the animated infographic
Red-light cameras: How red-light cameras work Here is one type of device that is used to photograph red-light runners breaking the law. Great use of simple animation for learning. View [...]
Losing Louisiana Scientists predict area areas around the globe could experience sea-level rise. That’s bad news for the low-lying Louisiana coast, because subsidence puts us at even greater risk. Louisiana [...]
Police license plate scanners: How license plate scanners work License plate recognition systems. Car-mounted cameras will help locate stolen cars, criminals and Amber or Silver Alert vehicles. View the interactive [...]
Flying Far From Land Ornithologists using miniature transmitters and light sensors to track birds migrating across the open oceans have discovered that some species fly great distances, sometimes nonstop, in [...]
City of Memory Welcome to this grand, new repository for all of New York’s stories and experiences. Explore this interactive urban story map yourself to meet many of the city’s [...]
The Un Observed – A Radio Magazine Welcome to The [Un]Observed, a Radio Magazine of candid conversations and explorations, works in sound and produced pieces from around the world. We’re [...]
