May 21 Group Seeks Help From Social Networks to Combat Hate Speech By Larisa Epatko Social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter have helped users mobilize around a common cause like never before. But what if their message is one of hate?… Continue reading
May 21 Apple CEO Tim Cook Faces Senate Questions on Taxes EmbedVideo(6527, 482, 304); Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook testifies on Capitol Hill to explain the company's tax strategy. WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign… Continue reading
May 20 5 Questions: Why Yahoo Hopes Tumblr Will Expand Its 'Coolness' Photo illustration by PBS NewsHour created with Pic Stich Yahoo, the languishing tech pioneer, officially unveiled its acquisition of social blogging platform Tumblr on Monday. The $1.1 billion purchase by Yahoo could mean a whole world of things for… Continue reading
May 20 Watch Coding Skills Combine With Civic Consciousness to Improve Government Coding Skills Combine With Civic Consciousness to Improve Government… Continue watching
May 20 A High Tech Solution for a Neighborhood Problem By Cat Wise Correspondent Spencer Michels talks with the co-founders of Civic Insight, a technology startup aimed at helping cities like New Orleans tackle an ugly problem -- blight by makes real-time government data about a community's underutilized spaces. Continue reading
May 20 Life of Sally Ride Honored at Kennedy Center Tribute American astronaut Sally Ride monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the flight deck in 1983. Photo by Apic/Getty Images. *Editor's note: On Monday, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien will serve as master of ceremonies at… Continue reading
May 17 Cicada Sighting! Bug-Eyed Critters Emerging in Northern Virginia By Ray Suarez A cicada perches on a leaf of grass at Virginia's Bull Run Regional Park. The full brood of cicadas is expected to emerge en masse in late May or June. Photos by Jenny Marder. After an afternoon hunting for cicadas… Continue reading
May 16 Watch Major Embryonic Stem Cell Advance Raises Ethical Quandaries Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have achieved a longtime goal. They cloned a human embryo to derive embryonic stem cells able to transform into tissues and organs genetically identical to patients who need them. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
May 16 Latest Forecast Shows the U.S. Drought Moving West By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Last year's drought scorched over half of country last year. Now that drought is shifting towards the Southwest and western Plains, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which held a meeting on summer drought outlook Thursday in… Continue reading
May 16 Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Reflects on Four Months in Orbit Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, who returned to Earth this week after four months on the International Space Station, fields questions on Thursday about his time in orbit. The astronaut whose unmatched commitment to connecting with the world while… Continue reading