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  Apple just had the most profitable quarter of any company in history (from PBS NewsHour)

  Apple just had the most profitable quarter of any company in history

  

  After a rocky day in the markets, Apple computer began their quarterly earnings call and announced historically high numbers. Continue reading →

  January 28, 2015 at 2:00 pm

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  Like your job but happy to entertain other offers?

  4 Job Search Apps If You're Open to Being Poached

  

  These apps let employed, 'passive' job seekers anonymously tell other employers: 'I'm available.'

  January 28, 2015 at 1:00 pm

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  The skua is a large seagull-like bird that preys on penguin chicks. But the tables turn when the babies are nearly full-grown and sporting feather mohawks. #PenguinPostOffice airs TONIGHT at 8/7c on Nature | PBS

  Tonight on NATURE (at 8/7c)

  

  January 28, 2015 at 11:00 am

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  Is "baby-talk" doing more harm to your child?

  'Baby-talk' might not be easy to understand for kids, study finds

  

  Parents may be using “baby-talk” when speaking to infants with the goal of making it easier for babies to understand, but a new Japanese study shows this may have the opposite effect. Continue reading →

  January 28, 2015 at 3:43 am

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  Better than a front row view, the Sundance Film Festival shows how virtual reality can put you inside the movie (from PBS NewsHour)

  Virtual reality bursts through the movie screen at Sundance

  

  What if watching a movie was more like being inside the movie? With virtual reality, your brain can be tricked into believing that you’re flying or in a different country -- a powerful creative tool for storytellers. Jeffrey Brown visits the Sundance Film Festival to witness how filmmakers are begin…

  January 27, 2015 at 11:00 pm

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  Ashley Judd is on Facebook to answer your questions right now.
  Did you watch A Path Appears last night? Post your questions to her now at https://www.facebook.com/apathappears/posts/635786626525942

  January 27, 2015 at 10:12 pm

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  Half the world’s languages will vanish by the end of the century (from PBS NewsHour)

  Say what? Half the world's languages will vanish by the end of the century | Art Beat | PBS NewsHour

  

  There are over 6,000 languages spoken around the world today. But by the end of this century, fewer than half of them will remain. That's the driving concern of the new documentary "Language Matters," from poet Bob Holman and filmmaker David Grubin. Continue reading →

  January 27, 2015 at 10:00 pm

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  New video from It's Okay To Be Smart. 5 of our weirdest involuntary behaviors explained.

  (from PBS Digital Studios)

  5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!

  

  Yawns, hiccups, twitchy eyes (and more) explained! Subscribe to It’s Okay To Be Smart: http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Follow on Twit...

  January 27, 2015 at 8:00 pm

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  Know a budding journalist? PBS NewsHour co-anchor Judy Woodruff will be answering their questions from 2-3 pm ET today. Details: to.pbs.org/1CvlQ1U

  Judy Woodruff to 'school' journalism students in Facebook chat

  

  Join Judy Woodruff in this first in a series of Facebook chats for journalism students featuring PBS NewsHour journalists.

  January 27, 2015 at 5:44 pm

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  Photos: Children of Auschwitz share their stories of survival (from PBS NewsHour)

  Photos: Children of Auschwitz share stories of survival

  

  Jadwiga Bogucka was 19 during the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. She and her mother were sent from their house to a camp in Pruszkow and then moved on August 12, 1944, by train to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photos by Kacper Pempel/Reuters … Continue reading →

  January 27, 2015 at 5:00 pm