Aug 26 Environment vs. Economy in 2012 Smokestacks belch out smoke at a factory; file photo In every election there are a few issues that shape the look and feel of the campaign, and even in the earliest stages of the 2012 race, one issue has… Continue reading
Aug 26 Cars of the Future May Keep Us Safe Behind the Wheel at Any Age On Thursday's NewsHour, we featured an excerpt of the film "Old People Driving" as part of our Economist Film Project series. The new documentary looks at the stories of two seniors, still driving as they approach their 100th… Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch What Will Happen to Innovation at Apple With Jobs Out as CEO? Apple announced Wednesday that CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs had stepped down from his helm, but will serve as chairman of the board. Ray Suarez discusses Jobs' lasting impact on innovation and what comes next for Apple and the tech… Continue watching
Aug 25 Star Swallowed By Black Hole Researchers show how a distant black hole devours a star. Video credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab. A supermassive black hole has been found shredding and swallowing a sun-sized star that wandered too close, according to two… Continue reading
Aug 25 Hurricane Irene Strengthening, Va., N.J., N.Y. and N.C. Declare States of Emergency By News Desk Track the path of Hurricane Irene: See the storm surge probabilities on a map 4:30 p.m. ET | New York governor Andrew Cuomo has also declared a state of emergency, and local officials are considering the… Continue reading
Aug 24 Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO Steve Jobs is the co-founder of Apple, Inc. File photo by AFP/Getty Apple Inc. announced Wednesday evening that CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs will resign from the helm of the technology giant, effective immediately. Jobs, 55, has been suffering… Continue reading
Aug 24 El Nino Found to Drive Tropical Civil Wars Traditional passenger boats known as 'avisos' sit on the dried bed of the Negro river, 120 km from Manaus, in northern Brazil on October 22, 2010. Due to the El Nino climate phenomenon, the river was almost the lowest… Continue reading
Aug 24 Charging Cell Phones on the Sly in Syria, the True Story By Larisa Epatko Earlier this month, we aired a report from our partners at GlobalPost about protesters in Syria -- the mistreatment they endured and their tactics for getting around a restrictive regime. One method of recharging cell phone batteries described by one… Continue reading
Aug 23 Check How Intense East Coast Earthquake Was in Your Zip Code Text updated 7:52 p.m. ET | Tuesday afternoon's earthquake was a shared experience for millions of Americans along the East Coast, but how intense was it where you live? The U.S. Geological Survey has released a summary of the… Continue reading
Aug 23 Rare 5.8-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts East Coast, Causing Various Disruptions The above map shows earthquake activity in the United States in the past week: These maps requires the Google Earth browser plugin. Download the plugin here. Updated at 6:32 pm ET: A 5.8-magnitude temblor shook much of… Continue reading