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The NewsHour Has the Flu
This partial world map shows Google.org Flu Trends. Red indicates the most intense flu activity. Orange is moderate, yellow is low and green is minimal. Image by Google. The NewsHour has the flu. Or a...
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Glimpsing Gadgets, Cutting Edge Technology at Consumer Electronics Show
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJEFFREY BROWN: The annual Consumer Electronics Show provided a glimpse of the latest in technology and high-end gadgets. It wrapped up today in Las Vegas. Ray Suarez is...
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Milky Way Awash in Planets
Since the last Kepler catalog was released in February 2012, the number of candidates discovered in the Kepler data has increased by 20 percent and now totals 2,740 potential planets orbiting 2,036...
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Call for Nominations: Know a Creative Science or Math Teacher?
NewsHour archive photo NewsHour is launching a new series highlighting science and math teachers, kindergarten through high school, across the county who are using innovative teaching methods in the...
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Internet Innovator and Activist Aaron Swartz, 26, Faced Legal Trouble
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: the death of an Internet activist and hacker and the reaction it's triggered about his work and philosophy. Margaret Warner has the story. MARGARET...
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Talking Tech Trends With Harper Reed, Obama Campaign's Former CTO
Watch Video Harper Reed's unorthodox vibe has been well-documented. His role in orchestrating the digital strategy for the re-election of President Obama as the campaign's Chief Technology Officer...
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How Math Got Its Groove Back
Watch Video Video produced by Jill Granger. To view the original video, click here. Carrie Lewis and Kelly Steele's fifth grade students slide and spin across the classroom floor. They do the hustle,...
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Sins of the Sons
I knew something was amiss when I was on a Skype call with my longtime television production partner Kate Tobin as I was thrashing through the final stages of editing of “Mind of a Rampage Killer.” She...
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News Wrap: Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to Campaign Spending Fraud
Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty today to spending $750,000 dollars in campaign funds on personal items. The Illinois Democrat appeared in a...
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Son of 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' Likens Rage to Becoming a Werewolf
Two days before the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School Dec. 14, Liza Long's 13-year-old son "Michael" had a violent outburst that landed him in the hospital. Watch Video Liza Long is the...
View ArticleLive Chat: Mind of a Rampage Killer
What combination of circumstances compels a human being to commit the most inhuman of crimes? Can science in any way help to understand these horrific events and provide any clues on how to prevent...
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Hanging Out Live With Astronauts From the International Space Station
Are dreams affected by microgravity? How do you exercise in space? What's that on Chris Hadfield's forehead? These were among the questions posed to NASA astronauts -- three of whom are orbiting 240...
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What a Missing Section of One Man's Brain Taught Science About Memory
This image shows an MRI of a normal hippocampus.The cortical folds are clearly visible. Photo By BSIP/UIG via Getty Images. I recall being equally parts shocked and fascinated the first time I learned...
View ArticleThe Hidden Lives of Wolves
Watch Video From 1990 to 1996, Jim and Jamie Dutcher lived in a tented camp on the edge of Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness, where they observed and studied the behavior and social hierarchy of a pack of...
View ArticleHow Can Media Move Millions Toward Action?
I'm playing a small role in what I think will be an interesting one-day conference co-hosted by our PBS colleagues at ITVS (the folks who bring documentaries to PBS through Independent Lens) and the...
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The Day Scientists Discovered the 'Secret of Life'
Medical historian Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine. The place: The Eagle, a genial pub and favorite luncheon spot for the staff, students and researchers...
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Seawater Saltiness Seen from Space
The ocean, by some estimates, holds enough salt to cover the entire surface of the Earth, layered to the height of a 40-story office building. Much of the salt in the ocean comes from rock that gets...
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What the Sequester Means for Science
A lab technician pipettes liquid into test tubes. Photo by Photo by Apostrophe Productions. Scientists nationwide are bracing for the impacts of the sequestration cuts, which are poised to strike a...
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Protecting the Solar System... From Us
Technicians and engineers test the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sept. 3, 2010 inside the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Photo by...
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Curiosity Sleeps Through Solar Flare
This animation shows the path of the magnetic field that was discharged from the sun causing the Curiosity team to power down the rover this week. The modeling was carried out at the NASA Goddard...
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