Health Mar 20 Designing a better way to cope with Alzheimer’s Sometimes even the simplest household items are hard to navigate for individuals suffering from dementia. So Stanford University's Center on Longevity and the start-up Aging 2.0 challenged students to submit ideas for new products that can maximize independence for those…
Science Jan 01 A parent’s dilemma: do flame retardants in home goods trade in one danger for another? What could be so dangerous about this furry little guy? Some children's products like this have been treated with flame retardant chemicals that make them harder to burn, but may be harmful for humans.
Arts Oct 31 Putting your philanthropy where your mouth is Nick Vilelle, left, and Raj Ratwani are restaurateurs, sort of. The owners of CAUSE gastropub take no salary, but donate 100 percent of their profits to charity. Photo by Alexis Glenn/George Mason University Updated at 10:31 EST, Nov. 4…
Nation Oct 14 Homeless resident impacted by shutdown gets a helping hand from anonymous NewsHour viewer Dior Hall, right, gets the keys to her new apartment after receiving a little help from an anonymous NewsHour viewer. Photo by Diana Liao Last week, KQED radio reporter Mina Kim and I reported on how the government shutdown has…
World Jul 23 Literacy Bridge Uses Talking Books to Spread the Word in Ghana Students in Ghana listen to a Talking Book. All photos courtesy of Literacy Bridge. On a warm spring evening in 2006, software consultant Cliff Schmidt decided to take a walk near the hotel where he was staying for a…
Science Jul 08 How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Email Hacking Dmitri Alperovitch of CrowdStrike demonstrates how an email message can allow hackers to access your computer.
World Jun 28 LivelyHoods Founders Push Jobs, Not Aid, to Youth in Urban Slums // Maria Springer explains LivelyHoods' mission and work. At age 9, when most kids are relishing the sweet pursuits of childhood, Maria Springer was trying to tackle social justice issues in her hometown of Los Angeles. "I wrote to…
Arts May 29 15 Young Go-getters You’ll Want to Meet One of the participants in Nest, an organization that offers business consulting in developing countries. Photo courtesy of Nest. Over the last six months, the PBS NewsHour's Agents for Change series…
Science May 20 A High Tech Solution for a Neighborhood Problem Correspondent Spencer Michels talks with the co-founders of Civic Insight, a technology startup aimed at helping cities like New Orleans tackle an ugly problem -- blight by makes real-time government data about a community's underutilized spaces.
World May 01 How Safe Is Pakistan? Barbed wire outside the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. Photos by Daniel Sagalyn. Last month, I was one of 10 U.S. journalists visiting Pakistan on a reporting trip sponsored by the East-West Center, a Hawaii-based organization that promotes…