Election polling at a crossroads? Why polling may be on the cusp of big changes
In this election cycle, political campaigns live and die by the latest poll numbers.
The Big Idea: Unlocking secrets of the human body
Simply unmatched by any other life form on the planet, the human body is a complicated yet highly organized machine.
The Big Idea: On the road with autonomous cars
Driverless cars seem like they're still a far way down the road in the future, but in many ways they are already here. And what about the legal potholes they present? Fox 5 looks into this topic in the Big Idea.
The Big Idea: Virtual reality and sporting events
Adam Graves played 16 years in the National Hockey League, made one all-star team, won two Stanley Cups, tallied 616 points, and saw the New York Rangers retire his number. But he never stood between the pipes with no defensemen in front of him and tried to stop a professional slap shot.
The Big Idea: Artificial pancreas for diabetics
Alecia Wesner, has Type-1 Diabetes. "I was diagnosed in 1979 when i was six years old. That was really the dark ages of diabetes," said Wesner.
The Big Idea: Malcolm Gladwell looks to the past
The top-selling author of some of the most groundbreaking books in a generation has launched a new podcast called "Revisionist History." Fox 5 goes inside the mind of Malcolm Gladwell in this month's Big Idea.
The Big Idea: Hydroponic and vertical farming
Inside a 300,000-square-foot greenhouse in Riverhead, Long Island, a farming revolution is flourishing. It's not what's being grown, but how it's being grown, and when. When most traditional farmers on the East Coast wrap up their growing seasons in late fall, Carl Gabrielsen is just getting started.
The Big Idea: Hip Hop Ed
Something incredible is happening inside the Validus Prep Library. The energy is at a fever pitch for the performers, not celebrities, but students who write verses to popular beats using the terminology of their science lessons.
The Big Idea: SmartKages for baseball
In the quiet Hamlet of Mahopac one person takes swings in an otherwise quiet facility while another throws pitches alone.
The Big Idea: Multiple sclerosis clinical trial shows promise
A Manhattan clinic is dramatically changing the lives of people who battle multiple sclerosis. The treatment involves patients who use their own stem cells to fight the disease. One young mother told Fox 5 that she is already seeing results.
The Big Idea: Near-death experiences
A belief this life is just the beginning is at the core of our very being.
Growing a better strawberry in NJ
Something sweet and new now grows in New Jersey.
The tech behind Great Adventure's roller coasters
Riding roller coasters: for a pastime we all know how to enjoy and that scares the heck out of us, we certainly put a lot of trust in the hands of a process we know little about. We trust in guys l...
Bioelectronic medicine may trick body into healing itself
Imagine a world without rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, asthma, obesity, Alzheimer's, and lupus? Every day, close to a billion people suffer from these inflammatory diseases. They pump their...
NYC teen's eye-tracking computer project
A local high school student has created a new technology that may impact the way all of us use computers. Harsh Baid, 17, of Bronx Science, wrote a piece of code that allows him to navigate the wor...
Breakthroughs in prosthetic devices for amputees
Amputees are now doing things they didn't think were possible. Prosthetics that use electronic signals from the user's brain and Bluetooth enabled updates are creating a revolution in technology.
Future of journalism: drones, virtual reality | The Big Idea
Journalism has come a long way since the days of Murrow and Cronkite. Tomorrow's journalism will rely more on technology than ever. Some news organizations are studying drones to see how they can h...
Mission to Mars is a one-way trip
Charting a path from one world to another, NASA hopes its new Orion spacecraft will launch mankind to Mars in the next two decades. In a recent test flight, a craft built for humans went beyond the...
Digital interactive shopping -- in the store | The Big Idea
Cutting-edge video displays, hulking screens and high technology in stores are the future of shopping, but the trend has not yet fully caught on in the United States.Burberry led the entire retail ...
The living house | The Big Idea
On 300 acres between Williamsburg and DUMBO, the former Brooklyn Navy Yard is being used as a green manufacturing center, a new kind of factory for inventors cultivating the next "big thing". Harva...