Mar 28 Watch Reporting on Chernobyl, 25 Years Later 25 years after the Chernobyl disaster, how is the area coping? Miles O'Brien reports. Continue watching
Mar 28 Broadband Access: Exploring Internet Connectivity by U.S. Community Type The federal government wants you to have access to a broadband connection. Badly. The Federal Communications Commission has held dozens of workshops and filed away more than 23,000 comments on its National Broadband Plan. "High-speed wireless service is… Continue reading
Mar 28 Ancient Stone Scraps, Stardust and Rock People Stone Tools Cut Swathe Through Clovis History Thousands of stone scrappings and chips, believed to be discarded during an ancient toolmaking process, were unearthed by archaeologists in a Texas creek bed. Dating shows the chips to be as… Continue reading
Mar 28 Radiation Levels Spike Near Japan Plant, Detected in Seawater 12:05 p.m. ET | Tepco officials say small amounts of plutonium have been detected in the soil near the Fukushima plant, but that those levels do not yet pose a public risk. Workers are racing to… Continue reading
Mar 25 The Panic Button: High-Tech Protection for Human Rights Investigators By Spencer Michels There's a panic button included in a software program provided by a Palo Alto, Calif.-based nonprofit called Benetech. The program itself is designed to safely store data about torture, murder, killings and other human rights abuses in countries around… Continue reading
Mar 25 Can Babies Teach us Morality? What can one baby, three puppets and a tricky Tupperware lid tell us about the roots of morality? Can infants distinguish between good and bad at such a young age? NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on… Continue reading
Mar 25 Future Remains Murky for Newly Unveiled Orion Spacecraft EmbedVideo(193, 482, 304); As far back as 1962, some Americans said that the money the government spent sending John Glenn into orbit in a tiny Mercury capsule would have been better spent taking care of people on the… Continue reading
Mar 25 Possible Breach in Core at Fukushima Reactor; PM Says Situation ‘Very Grave’ Photo: Tepco Japanese authorities said Friday that a breach in the core of the No. 3 reactor at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant could indicate a more serious release of radioactive material. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called… Continue reading
Mar 24 Tsunami Prediction: What Can and Can’t Be Done to Save Lives This aerial image shows tsunami tidal waves moving upstream in the Naka River in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11; STR/AFP/Getty Images As horrific as the March 11 earthquake and tsunami were in Japan, they were exciting events for… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Future Remains Murky for Newly Unveiled Orion Spacecraft Lockheed Martin unveils a prototype of its new Orion space vehicle. Continue watching