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Rise of Domestic Drones Draws Questions About Privacy, Limiting Use
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRAY SUAREZ: And we turn now to the subject of drones. Small unmanned aerial devices outfitted with surveillance equipment can be bought by virtually anyone and flown...
View ArticleCrowdsourced Sleuthing Offers Extra Eyes and Ears, Some Wrong Turns
Listen to the AudioRAY SUAREZ: We now turn to the sophisticated tools law enforcement used to find the suspects, and how technology allowed crowdsourcing to become part of this major investigation. We...
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Creating a Whole New Planet for Math and Science
As part of an ongoing web series, NewsHour profiles STEM teachers who have found innovative ways to teach their students about math and science. Watch Video Video by Rebecca Jacobson and Cindy Huang....
View ArticleSpace Junk Threatens Cascade of Collisions
Scientists estimate there are roughly 30,000 items circling the Earth that are larger in size than 10 centimeters. This sheer amount of debris in low-Earth orbit is tipping space dangerously close to a...
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Space Debris Rains Down on Earth
Low Earth Orbit is the region of space within 1,200 miles of the Earth's surface. It is the most concentrated area for orbital debris. Photo by NASA Orbital Debris Program Office. On a January night...
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The Antarctic's Ice Paradox
Scientists have been trying to create a clearer picture of how the Antarctic responds to climate change. Photo by Nerilie Abram. It's no secret that the ice sheet is melting in Greenland. Last year,...
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How Connecting 7 Billion to the Web Will Transform the World
Watch Video Google leaders Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen call the Internet "the world's largest ungoverned space," a space that is increasingly growing. The tech moguls outline their vision of a world...
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Google's Schmidt and Cohen Discuss Promise and Pitfalls of the Digital Future
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now: what a high- tech future may mean for your standard of living, personal privacy and how governments deal with their citizenry, a big subject, to be...
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The Buzz on the Honeybee Colony Collapse
Honeybee colonies are dying at a rate of 30 percent a year, according to a new government report. Photo by Flickr Creative Commons/ Cygnus921. A new government report on the decline of honeybee...
View ArticleNews Flash: EPA Now Accountable to Public
Watch Video This is the first of two PBS NewsHour reports on hexavalent chromium, a chemical found in U.S. drinking water and the agency charged with regulating it. This report aired on March 13....
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Solar Powered Plane Soars Slower than a Subaru
A member of the Solar Impulse crew rides an electric bike alongside the solar-powered plane as it lifts off from Moffett Field NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., on May 3, on the...
View ArticleInspiring Science With Frozen Roadkill and Harvested Whale Bones
Spencer Michels interviewed Dan Sudran from San Francisco's Mission Science Workshop, who uses unlikely objects in an unlikely place to inspire kids about science. When San Francisco's newly...
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Hey, Look at This! San Francisco's Exploratorium Boasts Fun, Interactive Science
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRAY SUAREZ: Next: the second of two stories on how to better engage students in the world of science. Last night, we reported on a science program in Maine that...
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For Sarah Brightman, 'Dreamchaser' Is a Prelude to Upcoming Space Journey
Sarah Brightman's voice has been often described as heavenly, which more than ever seems especially appropriate, as the soprano has recently turned her sights to the skies. Her latest album,...
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Guatemala: Why We Cannot Turn Away
GUATEMALA CITY -- When the trial of Guatemalan General and former de facto head of state José Efraín Ríos Montt and his then chief of intelligence José Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez began on March 19,...
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From Guatemalan Soil, Scientists Unearth Signs of Genocide
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRAY SUAREZ: Next: a story that combines murder, politics and science in the Central American nation of Guatemala. It centers on the trial of the country's former...
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As Rios Montt Trial Nears End, A Look Back at US Role in Guatemala's Civil War
José Efraín Ríos Montt inside the courtroom where he is being tried for genocide and crimes against humanity. Photo by Xeni Jardin. Update: 2:50 p.m. ET | After seven weeks of testimony, a verdict may...
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News Wrap: Carbon Dioxide Level Hits Grim Milestone
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere has now reached levels not seen for two to three million years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
View ArticleGot a Question for Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen?
Watch Video Google's Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen talk about their new book, "The Digital Age," with PBS NewsHour's Judy Woodruff. Earlier this month, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Jared...
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Commander Hadfield Reports to Ground Control
Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's "Space Oddity" in microgravity. Commander Chris Hadfield is a great many things: a photographer, an educator, a social media maven -- did I forget to...
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