Science Jun 04 Containment Cap Now Capturing Some Oil From Gulf Leak; Ticker Updated BP announced Friday morning that it had successfully lowered a containment cap over the leaking oil pipe in the Gulf of Mexico and was capturing some oil and gas. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told…
Health Jun 03 In Mississippi, Growing Vegetables in a ‘Food Desert’ Mississippi has the highest rate of childhood obesity in the country -- 44 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 are obese or overweight. Recently, the NewsHour health unit traveled to the state to look at some causes of --…
Science Jun 02 Relief Wells Will Work, Experts Say, but Will Take Time, Trial and Error Graphic depiction of progress in drilling two relief wells, May 30, 2010. Credit: BP Most of the public's attention has focused this week on BP's latest attempt to contain the oil leak in the Gulf…
Health May 31 World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Rising Number of Female Smokers Women in the developing world could be the next growth market for tobacco companies, the World Health Organization warns on World No Tobacco Day.
Arts May 26 Photos: Wildlife Suffer as Oil Spreads For AP photographer Gerald Herbert, the story of the oil spill in the Gulf is personal. A New Orleans native, he worked for years out of Washington, D.C., covering Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. But just after he…
Arts May 25 Deepwater Horizon Oil Leak: A Month in Photos More than a month after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico, oil continues to spew into the ocean from a pipe more than 5,000 feet below the surface. Meanwhile, containment and…
Science May 21 Government, BP to Revise Estimated Rate of Oil Leak Phil Radford, executive director of Greenpeace USA, inspects oil-covered reeds along the Gulf of Mexico; John Moore/Getty Images Questions continued to swirl over the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil leak, as BP and the Coast Guard announced Friday that…
Science May 20 Researchers Build First ‘Synthetic Cell’ Researchers have created the first cell powered by a man-made genome, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science. The genetic code of the cell was stitched together in a laboratory. "This is the…
Science May 14 Extent of Oil Spill Remains Unclear Nearly a month after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, one question remains unanswered: Exactly how much oil is spilling into the Gulf from the unchecked leak? A 30-second video released Wednesday…
Health May 12 In Mississippi, Childhood Obesity Hurts Military Recruiting _pap_embed_custom('news01s3f6dqea2',482,304,""); High school senior DeaShaun Taylor wants to join the army when he graduates this spring. But Taylor, who lives in Shelby, Miss., is among the one in four young people in the United States who don't qualify for military…