Science Sep 29 Companies raising salmon on land face pushback over sustainability and genetic engineering As demand grows for seafood, the business of fish farming is growing. Companies are raising and harvesting salmon on land, sparking pushback over sustainability and genetic engineering. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien has the second of a two-part look at what's…
Science Sep 26 NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in attempt to knock it off course NASA is trying an experiment to answer a question that’s straight out of science fiction. What could we do if a large object was hurtling through space on a collision course with Earth? Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien joined William Brangham…
Nation Sep 02 Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s most powerful rocket finally set for takeoff If all goes as planned, NASA will launch a rocket to return to the moon Saturday afternoon. This first phase will send an unmanned capsule to lunar orbit and back, but NASA wants humans to land on the moon in…
Science Aug 25 Burgeoning salmon farming industry sparks controversy over pollution and sustainability There has been a growing appetite around the world for fish. But that growth in demand is raising all kinds of questions and concerns for the industry about sustainability and impact. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien has the first of a…
Science Jul 25 Scientists measure how quickly crucial Antarctica glacier is melting Climate change's connections with the extreme heat and weather events in the U.S. and around the globe have been well established. But climate change is also having a measurable impact on a much slower-moving development: the loss of glaciers and…
Science Jul 12 NASA’s Webb Space Telescope offers a window into the cosmos NASA shared new revelations Tuesday from the James Webb Telescope, the largest space observatory ever made. The new images capture distant galaxies, new stars and planets, and the furthest look into the birth of the cosmos ever recorded. Science correspondent…
Science Jul 01 Weather forecasters increasingly address climate change Even before summer began, there were extreme heat waves and new heat records throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and the forecast calls for a hotter-than-normal summer in much of the U.S. Scientists say climate change is accelerating and intensifying these kinds…
Science Jun 03 Tipping Point: Fisheries on the Brink – A PBS NewsHour Special In a special 90-minute live event, the PBS NewsHour will explore the connections between climate change, warming oceans, migrating fish populations, the economic stressors facing fishermen and the fishing industry, bad actors on the high seas, and ever-growing seafood demand.
Science Jun 01 Marine biologists scramble to stop a deadly epidemic decimating coral reefs Coral reefs around the world are in growing danger due to rising temperatures connected with climate change. But in Florida and the Caribbean, marine biologists are racing to fight a new deadly threat. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports.
Science May 17 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine jeopardizes the future of the International Space Station NASA is aiming to expand its astronaut launches from U.S. soil. Boeing is set for a test launch this week of its small spacecraft to the International Space Station. Russia and America have long been partners on the space station,…