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Daily News Lesson June 27 2023

New Alzheimer’s drugs show positive results

Hear about small but significant breakthroughs in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

Ghenya Grondin lives with long Covid in Boston

Daily News Lesson June 13 2023

Researchers seek to understand long COVID

More than three years into the pandemic, physicians and researchers are still struggling to understand long COVID

Is This Legit YouTube scientific misinfo

Lesson Plan February 07 2023

Be MediaWise lesson 7: How to evaluate scientific claims shared online

Learn how to recognize when your social media feeds become an echo chamber and how to identify and evaluate claims based on science

Lesson Plan February 01 2023

Be MediaWise lesson 8: How to make sure Wikipedia sources are legit

Learn how to use Wikipedia responsively and how to recognize misinformation

The National Ignition Facility’s preamplifier module increases the laser energy as it travels to the Target Chamber

Daily News Lesson December 14 2022

Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could massively alter future of clean energy

Learn how the breakthrough could help in the quest for keeping our planet healthy

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Erlangen

Daily Video May 28 2020

How plasma therapy may help COVID-19 patients

In this NewsHour current events lesson, find out how convalescent plasma from previous COVID patients may help researchers with treatment options.

Daily News Lesson July 26 2018

12 video stories that make STEM meaningful for students

NewsHour Classroom delivered a workshop, "How to make STEM meaningful through current events" at Texas A&M's K12 Summer Institute in Kerryville, Texas

Daily Video April 12 2017

Scientists try to understand disease killing millions of U.S. bats

West coast scientists are studying a deadly bat disease called white-nose syndrome after it spread to Washington state from the Northeast last year where it has killed more than 5.5 million bats since 2006.

Daily Video February 23 2016

Elephants offer clues to cancer’s secrets

Former circus elephants will retire from the big top tent this spring, but their work improving human lives has only just begun.

Daily Video January 15 2016

President announces national effort to cure cancer

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced a new American initiative to cure cancer.

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