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IU study: 'Morning people' self-sabotage less at night, 'night owls' less at sunrise

09/21/2016 12:09 PM EDT

A study by psychological researchers at Indiana University shows that people are more likely to undermine their performance at stressful tasks when they're operating at "peak capacity" based on their preferred time of the day.

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Newton's First Law of Motion -- The Science of NFL Football

09/16/2016 01:09 PM EDT

It's the start of the football season -- a great time to think about science, football and Newton's First Law of Motion . NBC's Lester Holt looks at Newton's First Law of Motion and the role that unbalanced forces play whenever a ball carrier goes head to head with a defender. See "The Science ...

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CAVE2 Virtual Environment (Image 10)

09/16/2016 01:09 PM EDT

The CAVE2™ system is a next-generation, large-scale, virtual environment--a room in which images are seamlessly displayed so as to immerse an observer in a cyber world of 3-D data. Here, individuals standing in the CAVE2 system interactively fly around a 3-D representation of ...

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Newton's Second Law of Motion -- The Science of NFL Football

09/16/2016 01:09 PM EDT

Are you ready for football? Does the start of football season make you think of Newton's Second Law of Motion? No? Then check out this episode of "The Science of NFL Football." NBC's Lester Holt and former NFL kicker Morten Andersen look at what's really behind powerful field goal kicks--Newton's ...

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Medano Fire in Sand Dunes National Park (Image 3)

09/16/2016 01:09 PM EDT

On the afternoon of June 23, 2010, winds from the east began stirring up the Medano Fire in Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, Colo., blowing smoke toward the dunes. The fire, which had consumed about 5,000 acres in a remote section of the park, was apparently started by lightning. ...

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The NSF/NCAR Gulfstream V high-altitude science research aircraft returns from loan to NOAA.

09/14/2016 01:09 PM EDT

The NSF/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Gulfstream V high-altitude science research aircraft returns from a short-term loan to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), after successfully ensuring there was no gap in observations of dangerous hurricanes.

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