Nov 21 Saving a Living Language Mary Hermes of the University of Minnesota, Duluth is a tribal language educator whose research focuses on preserving endangered languages like the Great Lakes region's Ojibwe. Her team records, translates, transcribes and annotates conversations through the use of… Continue reading
Nov 18 Liberal Economist Frank: Congress Will Be Guilty of ‘Gross Political Malpractice’ "Bob Frank and P.J. O'Rourke AGREE," Paul Solman tweeted recently, referring to the political differences of liberal economist Frank and conservative satirist O'Rourke. "Build the damn bridges. Now." Frank and O'Rourke recently partnered to author an opinion… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch How Do You Protect Against a Tsunami? Researchers in Japan are working to find ways to limit the most-catastrophic damage from tsunamis. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports. Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Amid Solyndra Turmoil, How Involved Should Government Be in Energy Research? Should the government help spur or back certain kinds of energy research? Jeffrey Brown discusses the political storm over the government's backing of the now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer Solyndra with Eileen Claussen of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions… Continue watching
Nov 17 Drooling Electrons, Thermodynamics and Beta Decay … in Verse By Jenny Marder // In Mala Radhakrishnan's world, where oxygen and palladium atoms clamor to get into the most sought-after beaker and tortured carbon atoms become boron swans, chemistry is rife with mystery, jealousy and, yes, romance. Radhakrishnan, assistant professor at Wellesley College,… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch Drooling Electrons, Thermodynamics and Beta Decay…In Verse Radhakrishnan talks to Hari about her new book on chemistry poetry. Continue watching
Nov 17 Watch Radioactive Dating Game Mala Radhakrishnan reads her poem, "The Radioactive Dating Game."… Continue watching
Nov 16 Watch Congress Honors 4 Astronauts With Highest Civilian Honor Four astronauts were awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Wednesday: the Congressional Gold Medal. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Nov 15 What Stirred Up the Moon’s Ancient Magnetic Field? In its ancient history, the moon had a magnetic field that may have lasted more than a billion years. Photo by NASA. Update: 7 pm ET, Nov 15| Lunar rocks collected during Apollo moon missions revealed a mysterious… Continue reading
Nov 14 NewsHour Connect: World’s Largest Dam Removal Set to Restore Ecosystem By Saskia de Melker The world's biggest dam removal project -- and the second-largest environmental restoration project in U.S. history -- is in progress on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. The Elwha Dam and the Glines Canyon Dam… Continue reading