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Floating Architecture: Finding Ways to Live With Rising Water
There is a saying that "God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland." And for centuries, the Dutch have built different types of barriers to hold back rising water and allow for development.But as...
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Why Louisiana Is Sinking
EmbedVideo(3510, 482, 304);On the NewsHour this week, we will be covering how rising sea levels are threatening people who live on the fragile Louisiana Delta. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Torbjörn...
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Flame: Trying to Unravel the Mystery of 'Sophisticated' Spying Malware
Listen to the AudioReportedly capable of taking computer screenshots, logging keystrokes and even listening in on office conversations, malware known as "Flame" is grabbing international attention...
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Louisiana Islander: Water Is 'Closing in on Us'
EmbedVideo(3528, 482, 304);On Friday, the NewsHour will report on how subsidence, rising seas and storms have battered coastal Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles, an island that has been home to Native...
View ArticleSizing Up Which Presidential Campaigns Are #Winning in Twitter Influence
Listen to the AudioAs part of an ongoing series on how candidates use social media this election season, Margaret Warner and journalists Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz of Daily-Download.com discuss...
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Coping with Climate Change: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast
There are few places in America that are as vulnerable to climate change as Isle de Jean Charles in coastal Louisiana, which has been home for generations of native tribes. The island is on the...
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Native Lands Wash Away as Sea Levels Rise
In collaboration with Louisiana Public Broadcasting, the PBS NewsHour examines the vanishing coastline of Louisiana and the effect it's having on the native tribes who live there. This report is part...
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Viewing the Venus Transit: What's the Safest Way to Stare at the Sun?
EmbedVideo(3540, 482, 304);As the sun sets on June 5 in North America, a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event will be visible to those who wish to look. Just don't do it with your naked eye.A transit...
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Movement Retraining Can Reduce Knee Pain
EmbedVideo(3552, 482, 304);Roughly 50 percent of people show signs of arthritis in the knee, and scientists at Stanford University believe better walking habits can go a long way to alleviate the...
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Venus Transit: A Planet's Day in the Sun
EmbedVideo(3563, 482, 304);In the 18th century, astronomers used the solar transit of planet Venus to calculate the distance from the Earth to the sun. After the 1882 Venus transit, John Philip Sousa...
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Louisiana Fishermen Pioneer Floating Architecture
EmbedVideo(3551, 482, 304);Raccourci Old River is known as one of the best fishing spots in Point-Coupee Parish, Louisiana. This community of more than 400 homes draws flocks of fishermen who spend...
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The Squid and the Electric Current: Remembering the Work of a Brain Pioneer
In the late 1940s, Sir Andrew Huxley and Sir Alan Hodgkin teased a nerve cell from an Atlantic squid, placed it into a seawater bath and zapped it with currents. Then, with the data, they built a...
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Venus Transit as Revealed in Space
For those Earthlings lucky enough to be under cloudless skies during Tuesday's Venus transit, it took the form of a pea-sized dot gliding across the Sun's northern hemisphere. For more perspective,...
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Venus Transit Images Captured in Space
For those Earthlings lucky enough to be under cloudless skies during the Venus transit on Tuesday, the planet took the form of a tiny dot gliding across the Sun's Northern hemisphere. (Editor's note:...
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Where Have All the Stars Gone?
EmbedVideo(3578, 482, 304);The thrill of gazing into a night sky packed with stars, constellations and a stretch of our Milky Way galaxy is primal and timeless -- and it's become increasingly rare....
View ArticleColorado, New Mexico Emergency Officials Seek More Help Fighting Wildfires
Listen to the AudioSince it was started early Saturday by a lightning strike, the High Park wildfire has consumed more than 60 square miles in Colorado -- damaging or destroying more than 100 homes....
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New Telescope to Bring Black Holes, Exploding Stars Into Focus
Update: 12:58 p.m. ET| The NuSTAR telescope soared into orbit atop a Pegasus XL rocket on Wednesday. You can see the launch here: What heats the sun's outer atmosphere? What makes stars explode? How...
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Verizon Wants You to Share Everything but Data Plans
Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest mobile carrier, announced they are changing up how they will bill for data services across devices. The new plan, called Share Everything, means new customers...
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The Science of Storytelling: A Conversation with Jonathan Gottschall
Now this is a story all about how... we tell stories. Whether it's the Fresh Prince's fights on a Philadelphia playground or the struggles of Odysseus at sea, stories have always captivated our...
View ArticleA New Genetic Map That Could Make Your Skin Crawl
Listen to the AudioVery little has been known about the trillions of bacteria and other microorganisms in our bodies. But now, scientists with the Human Microbiome Project have completed the first...
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