Aug 17 Watch 8:35 Analyzing the NSA code breach in the context of recent cybersecurity events By PBS News Hour On Saturday, programming code for National Security Agency hacking tools was shared online. The content appears to be legitimate, but it is not clear if it was intentionally hacked or accidentally leaked. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with The Washington Post’s Ellen… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 53:47 PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Donald Trump reworks his senior staff, while Hillary Clinton aims for a larger lead in Ohio. Also, Turkey releases inmates to make room for coup detainees, speaking with new Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, whether recent… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 6:00 Kilauea has been erupting since 1983 — can scientists predict when it will stop? By PBS News Hour Hawaii’s Kilauea has been erupting for over 30 years, making it the longest-flowing volcano on earth. Because of this remarkable activity, it is also currently the most researched. Geologist Mike Garcia has studied Kilauea for decades and believes that analyzing… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 10:20 Scientists analyze recent extreme weather events in relation to climate change By PBS News Hour The second large-scale fire in California this week is raging through the southern part of the state, and the fatal flooding in Louisiana is worsening. Combined with the fact that this past July was the planet’s single hottest month recorded,… Continue watching
Aug 17 Olympic athletes use them, but do these recovery therapies really work? By Julia Griffin The proven benefits of athletic therapies like cupping, a traditional eastern medicine technique made famous by Michael Phelps and others at the Rio Games, are often unclear. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 53:53 PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 16, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, flooding in Louisiana worsens, with the death toll at 8 and some 40,000 homes affected. Also: the largest prisoner release from Guantanamo Bay, discussing Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s plans for combating ISIS, sexual harassment in… Continue watching
Aug 16 Smashing past global temperature highs, July was the hottest month on record By Eugene Mason 2016 is also quickly outpacing last year as the hottest year ever. Continue reading
Aug 16 Does food make the Olympian? By Leigh Anne Tiffany Olympic athletes can burn thousands of calories as they strive for gold medals, making food essential for their training. We were fascinated by how professional athletes fuel themselves for Olympic events, so we reached out to the Olympians themselves. Here’s… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 8:26 Can this project clean up millions of tons of ocean plastic? By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year -- enough to fill a football stadium 23 miles high. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a method that researchers… Continue watching
Aug 14 Why Aedes aegypti are so good at transmitting Zika, and other FAQs By Kamala Kelkar There are nearly 200 types of mosquitoes in the U.S., but one of them -- Aedes aegypti -- has been making headlines for transmitting Zika virus more frequently than any of the others have so far. Continue reading