May 19 Rep. Giffords Recovering ‘Really Well,’ Husband Mark Kelly Says from Space EmbedVideo(605, 482, 304); Full Video and Transcript Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering well after a piece of her skull was repaired during surgery in Houston on Wednesday, reports her husband Mark Kelly, in an interview Thursday morning from… Continue reading
May 19 Exclusive: Watch Live Interview With Shuttle Cmdr. Mark Kelly, Astronauts EmbedVideo(602, 482, 304); Full Video and Transcript Cmdr. Mark Kelly and crew members of the space shuttle Endeavour talked damaged tiles, the future of spaceflight and the health of Kelly's wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, during a live interview… Continue reading
May 19 Watch You Talk to Endeavour: Shuttle Crew on Giffords, Tile Damage, Trips to Mars Google, YouTube and the PBS NewsHour took you aboard space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station for a live interview with Commander Mark Kelly and crew. Watch the full interview here. Continue watching
May 18 Watch The Great Stagnation: Why Hasn’t Recent Technology Created More Jobs? As part of his continuing coverage of Making Sen$e of financial news, Paul Solman reports on why more good jobs haven't been created in recent years. Can new technological innovations create widespread job growth as past generations have seen?… Continue watching
May 18 Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi River. This year, with floodwaters from the… Continue reading
May 17 Watch Author James Gleick Traces Information’s Evolution in New Book Author's New Book Traces Evolution of Information… Continue watching
May 16 Morganza Spillway Before and After Photos Released By Vanessa Dennis After engineers opened the Morganza spillway Saturday in an attempt to divert surging floodwaters from heavily populated areas in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Google and GeoEye released some before and after satellite photos Monday evening. Continue reading
May 16 Watch Live: Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Liftoff EmbedVideo(572, 482, 304); Space shuttle Endeavour, NASA's youngest orbiter, blasted off into space for the final time at 8:56 am ET today, marking the next-to-last scheduled launch of the 30-year shuttle program. Just after 9 am ET,… Continue reading
May 16 Watch Final Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canavral, Florida… Continue watching
May 13 Does Music Feed the Mind? Does music feed the mind? Does improvising in a jazz band activate different parts of the brain than performing composed music? For the National Science Foundation's* latest Science Nation piece, NewsHour Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien profiles Georgia… Continue reading