Science Jun 23 Nonprofit hopes to spread aquaponic farming to schools around the country SchoolGrown was started last year by a group of like-minded aquaponics enthusiasts who felt that students weren’t getting enough hands-on experiences growing food and learning about their connection to the world around them.
Health May 11 Millions in the U.S. impacted by food allergies, but a cure may be on the horizon Nearly 90 percent of food allergies are caused by eight foods: cow’s milk, soy, wheat, peanut, tree nuts, shellfish, fish and eggs. In the U.S., about 17 to 18 million people have these allergies, and the number is growing every…
Health Mar 17 Resource guide: Penn researchers use body’s immune system to target leukemia Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are researching a promising therapy in which the body’s immune system is turned into a cancer-fighting weapon.
Science Feb 17 Photos: Scientists ‘winter’ in Bahamas to study endangered migratory bird PBS NewsHour traveled to the Bahamas recently with a group of scientists to study an endangered shorebird bird called the piping plover. The birds have been on the endangered species list in the United States since the late 1980s, but…
Science Nov 18 What if an implantable device could tell you what medicines you need? During our interview with PATH President and CEO Steve Davis, we asked him if there was something new he could invent, what would it be? This was his answer:…
Nation Nov 07 This inventor’s next big idea? Goggles that would check vital signs This week the PBS NewsHour is launching a new series of reports on inventions and innovations called “Breakthroughs.” Over the coming months, we will showcase the economic and social changes that invention can generate both here and abroad. And we’ll…
Science Oct 09 See just how much is left of San Francisco Bay’s shrinking wetlands Leaders from the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project have an ambitious 50-year project to turn former barren industrial salt ponds back into thriving wetlands habitat. The hope is that the restored tidal marshes will mitigate some of the impacts…
Poetry Sep 25 Paramedic training, poetry change lives for California youth with few options EMS Corps is relatively new Alameda County program that trains young men from disadvantaged backgrounds how to be EMTs. For a community where unemployment and incarceration rates are among the highest in the nation for men of color, the program…
Arts Jul 25 I sing the book old-fashioned: Printing Whitman’s masterpiece by hand The Arion Press in San Francisco is one of the country’s last fine book printers creating limited edition, handmade books using centuries-old letterpress printing equipment.
Health Jun 30 Health ‘passport’ provides guide for pediatric cancer survivors One of the biggest success stories in the fight against cancer has been the number of children who are surviving the disease. But ironically, the same treatments that are helping save so many lives can also cause a host of…