May 15 Watch 4:53 The Colonial Pipeline shutdown: Latest news and how the US can prepare for next time By PBS NewsHour Nearly a week after a ransomware attack forced Colonial Pipeline to shut down, the company announced it has restored service. The shutdown disrupted gas supplies along the East Coast — full recovery may still take days. The attack has highlighted… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 6:24 DC art exhibit makes shoes out of trash in nod to the ‘Great Shoe Spill of 1990’ By William Brangham, Anne Azzi Davenport The year 1990 saw the “Great Shoe Spill" where tens of thousands of Nike shoes fell into the Pacific. The accident led to some scientific discoveries, and now, whimsical art packed with an eco-friendly message. William Brangham plunges into an… Continue watching
May 14 Here’s how much your personal information is worth to cybercriminals – and what they do with it By Ravi Sen, The Conversation A thriving black market for stolen personal data makes millions of people vulnerable to spies, spammers, scammers and hackers. Continue reading
May 13 Watch 9:33 CDC director on mask guidance for the fully vaccinated, unvaccinated and immunocompromised Fully vaccinated Americans will now be able to go mask-free indoors in most places, and outdoors in crowds, according to new guidance released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on… Continue watching
May 13 EPA revokes Trump-era policy that loosened clean-air rules By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The previous rule was part of a wave of deregulatory actions under President Donald Trump, who rolled back dozens of environmental rules he considered overly burdensome on businesses. Continue reading
May 10 NASA spacecraft begins 2-year trip home with asteroid rubble By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA spacecraft is headed back to Earth with rubble it collected from an asteroid nearly 200 million miles away. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex fired its engines Monday to start the two-year trip home. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 4:10 FDA greenlights Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 By William Brangham New York became the latest state to require students at publicly funded colleges be vaccinated for the fall term — a move that comes as overall, new infections in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest since last September. Vaccine… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 6:36 In her bid to end TB, Mireille Kamariza is shattering stereotypes about scientists By John Yang, Frank Carlson, Bria Lloyd Before COVID-19, tuberculosis was the world's deadliest infectious disease. Though rare in the United States, the disease is prevalent in many parts of the world and kills millions. John Yang tells us of one scientist's journey to the discovery both… Continue watching
May 08 EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab By Raf Casert, Barry Hatton, Associated Press The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023. Continue reading
May 07 Early humans used fire to permanently change the landscape By Jessica Thompson, David K. Wright, Sarah Ivory, The Conversation Combining evidence from archaeology, geochronology and paleoenvironmental science, researchers identified how ancient humans by Lake Malawi were the first to substantially modify their environment. Continue reading