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Germany's Best eSports Teams Gather At Intel Friday Night Games
Daily Video February 26 2015

How computers learned to beat Atari video games
Could you beat a machine at a video game? With a new system created by artificial intelligence researchers, it just became less likely.
Activists Protest Proposed Canadian Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Daily Video February 25 2015

Obama vetoes Keystone Pipeline expansion
President Obama has vetoed a bill that would approve the Keystone Pipeline expansion, a project causing fierce debate between Republican lawmakers and environmentalists.
Massachusetts Buried By Yet Another Blizzard
Daily Video February 19 2015

Record snowfalls and cold raise questions of climate change
An influx of winter storms has left Boston’s transportation systems crippled and its residents struggling to cope.
solar1
Daily Video February 02 2015

Burlington is first U.S. city to hit 100 percent renewable energy
Vermont’s largest city just became the first in the U.S. to use 100 percent renewable energy, in a move that they say could serve as a model for the rest of the country.
virtualreality
Daily Video January 27 2015

How virtual reality hacks the brain
Filmmakers and journalists are using virtual reality to trick audiences’ brains into believing that they are in a new environment.
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Daily Video January 26 2015

Should Miami aquarium release ‘world’s loneliest orca’?
Lolita, an orca at the Miami Seaquarium, was captured off the coast of Washington in 1970 and has lived in captivity ever since.
lifeacademy
Daily Video January 22 2015

Linked learning jumpstarts health careers
At a high school in Oakland, California, students learn how to deliver a baby and tie a tourniquet as part of an education philosophy that emphasizes real-world health issues and skills.
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Daily Video January 20 2015

Great Elephant Census underway in Africa
Conservationists are racing to count all of Africa's elephants in the continent's remotest corners as their numbers dwindle.
drones
Daily Video January 07 2015

Drones help Peruvian archaeologists preserve ancient sites
Scientists are finding a new use for drones for research and conservation at Peru’s most important historical sites.
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Lesson Plan October 27 2014

Ebola outbreak lesson plan update: October 27th, 2014
By Katie Gould, PBS NewsHour Teacher Resource Producer As the Ebola outbreak continues spread, …
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