Science Of Skateboarding

BOWIE, M.D. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Skateboarding is the third most popular sport with teenagers, but learning to balance on a board with wheels isn’t easy.

Healthy Pizza

COLLEGE PARK, M.D. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There’s no doubting its popularity -- we eat 350 slices every second in this country.

Bee Gone!

GREENBELT, M.D. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Don’t be afraid of the buzz of a bee. If it wasn’t for bees, many fruits and vegetables we enjoy wouldn’t exist. They are vital for pollination of plants, but lately, they’ve been disappearing by the billions, possibly putting food supplies at risk.

Pest Control Au’ Naturale

WOOSTER, Ohio (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Fruits and veggies are good for us, but the chemical pesticides they're sprayed with are not. Now, scientists are looking at ways to use the food chain to naturally battle bugs.

Bus Of The Future

DETROIT (Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.) -- Most of us gladly ride in cars, airplanes, even trains -- but buses? There's a bit of a stigma attached to them. Now, one engineer has a built a new type of city bus he hopes will make people want to ride.

Seeing Through Walls

VIENNA, Va. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- X-ray vision is no longer just for sci-fi movies and superheroes. Now, superhuman powers are closer to real life than you might think. Engineers have developed a new device, called the Xaver that can see straight through walls.

A Look Inside A Mummy

PITTSBURGH (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It’s a high-tech medical tool doctors use to find tumors, or to map out surgery. A computed tomography scan -- or a CT scan -- gives doctors a precise look at what's going on inside, without surgery. But the technology is also allowing radiologists to unveil some amazing secrets from the past.

Man Behind The Pc

LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- IBM fellow and Vice President of the Almaden research center, Dr. Mark Dean, built his 1965 Cobra replica with his own two hands. He is also known to his colleagues -- and the world -- as the creator of the PC. That desktop computer you use on a daily basis -- Dean is the man that put it all into one box.

Oh! My Aching Hands

ROCHESTER, Minn. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- About five percent of people suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. That's a pinched nerve near the palm of your hand that cuts off circulation causing pain, tingling and numbness. No one really knows what causes carpal tunnel syndrome, but one doctor at the Mayo Clinic says he's found some clues.

Brain Scans Of The Future

ST. LOUIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Remembering your past may go hand-in-hand with envisioning your future! It’s an important link researchers found using high-tech brain scans. It’s answering questions and may one day help those with memory loss.

Identical Twins – Identical Problems?

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, chronic disease that affects about two-million Americans. It's also genetic -- but most of the time, only one twin in a pair will inherit it.

Finding Double Stars

BOSTON (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- We all like to wish upon a star. In July, you may think you're wishing on a double star -- but what you're really seeing is Venus and Saturn. The planet Venus is named after the goddess of love and come July first, this earth neighbor will look like it's trying to kiss the planet Saturn in the evening sky.

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