Apr 12 In Moscow, Miles O’Brien Remembers Yuri Gagarin’s Monumental Space Trip EmbedVideo(340, 482, 304); Fifty years ago Tuesday, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly in space. In the moments before launch, he recorded this message: What can I say to you during these last… Continue reading
Apr 12 Watch China Weighs Environmental Concerns Against Economic Growth Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye reports from Guangdong province in southern China on the clash between the populous nation's economic ambitions and worsening pollution problem. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch Miles in Moscow Remembers First Man in Space Hari interviews Miles, who is in Moscow on Yuri Gagarin and the first human spaceflight. Continue watching
Apr 12 China Series Continues With Pollution, iPhone Workers, Health Care Reports By Mary Jo Brooks The NewsHour continues its series from China this week as special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye looks at workers' rights, environmental concerns and the country's latest attempt at health care reform. Kaye, producer Mary Jo Brooks and cameraman Denis Levkovich traveled… Continue reading
Apr 12 Social Media Curation Tool Storyful Helps Separate News From Noise EmbedVideo(325, 482, 304); An average of 155 million tweets are posted on the social networking site Twitter each day, the social media giant tweeted last week. In just one minute, an average of 35 hours of… Continue reading
Apr 12 Quiz: NASA Announces New Homes for Space Shuttle Fleet By Larisa Epatko NASA marked the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch and the 50th anniversary of the first human in space -- Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961 -- by naming the final destinations of its retiring space shuttle fleet. Continue reading
Apr 11 ‘On Shaky Ground’ Shows Oversight Faults in California School Buildings A new report by California Watch found that hundreds of California's public schools do not meet the legal construction codes for earthquake safety. In the On Shaky Ground multimedia series, investigative reporter Corey Johnson and the California… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Director A. Sayeeda Clarke Discusses Her Film ‘White’ Director A. Sayeeda Clarke discusses her futuristic film, "White". Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch North Carolina School Engages Tech Generation With Digital Learning Tools John Tulenko of Learning Matters, which produces education stories for the NewsHour, reports on a North Carolina school district switching from textbooks to all-digital learning materials. Continue watching
Apr 08 Facing Long-Term Effects of Chernobyl By Catherine Buell Scene from the former day care facility in the town of Pripyat - the company town for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was built as a shining example of the "Life Soviet" in the mid-seventies - but had… Continue reading