Focal Point

Nov 14, 2021 · 5m

A dedicated team of eye doctors are on a mission to rid the world of preventable blindness, one incision at a time.

Nov 14, 2021 · 6m

Astrobiologists study the protocol for first contact as they try to determine how they go about speaking with alien races.

Nov 14, 2021 · 7m

Time may be a human construct, but that hasn't stopped these physicists from perfecting it.

Nov 14, 2021 · 7m

Using photography, one man opens up a hidden world of motion in everything from every day objects to the unique physics happening inside a nuclear bomb.

Nov 14, 2021 · 8m

The MIT Haystack Observatory reveals where the Event Horizon Telescope is at with the world's first photo of a black hole.

Nov 14, 2021 · 8m

Scientists and engineers investigate tons of nuclear waste from a secret military operation hiding underneath Greenland's ice sheet.

Nov 14, 2021 · 7m

In the middle of a billion-dollar telescope-building boom, new ground-based observatories are racing to see first light in the 2020s.

Nov 14, 2021 · 6m

The X3, a new type of propulsion engine that's smashing records, is made possible thanks to a collaboration among NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Michigan.

Nov 14, 2021 · 7m

Microscopic bits can hitch a ride on your clothes, find their way into your body and impact your personal health. They're part of your exposome, and everyone has one.

Nov 14, 2021 · 7m

Seaweed is on the menu! This superfood plucked from the ocean is being fed to lucky cows in California to curb their methane production, and the resulting research could save the planet.

Nov 14, 2021 · 10m

Marijuana is causing a buzz over its therapeutic potential, but scientists are still struggling to study it.

Nov 14, 2021 · 7m

From returning to the Moon to establishing outposts on Mars, NASA has the need for more power than ever before. Nuclear fission could just be the solution they've been searching for.

Nov 14, 2021 · 10m

Declassified Vietnam War files show researchers the unpredictable nature of the Sun and help them work towards predicting the next big solar storm.

Nov 14, 2021 · 9m

Two intrepid astronomers embark on a scientific quest to photograph a solar eclipse and turned Albert Einstein into an international celebrity.

Nov 14, 2021 · 6m

An international team of scientists embark on a continent-hopping expedition to build a future climate ice vault before the world's glaciers vanish forever.