Rather than relying on classic 3-D tricks to make the audience jump, Avatar director James Cameron wanted to use the technology to give depth to the world he created. Jorge Ribas finds out how the camera works.
Nanotechnology promises to make our lives better. Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Advisor for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, talks to Jorge Ribas about three ways it could.
Biologist J. Craig Venter helped crack the human genome. His next goal: create life. Jorge Ribas talks to him about the promise and perils of synthetic biology.
Do sci-fi villains have the moonbase market cornered, or will we be living on the moon some day too? Jorge Ribas finds out when NASA's making the next giant leap for mankind.
Maryland Blue Crab populations are dwindling and researchers are trying to find ways to replenish the stock. Kasey-Dee Gardner learns about technology being use to do just that.
Solar power can be complicated, but Solar Decathlon director Richard King gives Discovery News the lowdown on the three ways anyone can tap the sun's energy.
Aircraft bird strikes are on the rise; two Canada geese brought down Flight 1549 into the Hudson recently. And the Smithsonian's Feather Identification Lab - BSI for short - is on the case. Kasey-Dee Gardner investigates the three ways the lab IDs.
Dashboards that recognize your face, cameras that count the cars on the road... find out what else Jorge Ribas saw at the World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems.
GPS can only do so much when it comes to pegging a specific location. Tracy Staedter finds out about the new tracking device Draper Labs has developed that can penetrate buildings and tunnels.
From the high-tech cameras that locate the wreck, to the people on the ground sweeping up the debris, Jorge Ribas gets a look at all the steps needed to clean up a car accident.
Has the lost army of Cambyses II been found? The Persian army of 50,000 soldiers supposedly perished in a sandstorm in ancient Egypt 2500 years ago. Researchers have located a valley of bones they think may belong to the fabled army.
Have you ever wondered why some people can sing and others can't. Discovery News' Kasey-Dee Gardner speaks with a researcher who is studying just that.
The Berlin Wall was almost 90 miles long. That's a lot of concrete to take down. Parts of the wall are easy to locate but what happened to the rest of it? James Williams finds out.
African-Americans interested in learning about their ancestors can now click on Ancestry.com's new collection of family history records. Jorge Ribas produces.
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