Apr 22 Earth Day: Around the Nation Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970, one year after an oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. leaked 100,000 barrels of oil into the ocean. At the time, it was the largest oil spill in… Continue reading
Apr 22 Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Supernova's Insides Imagine being able to see inside a star during the moments before it explodes. In the National Science Foundation's* latest Science Nation piece, Science Correspondent Miles O'Brien shows us how Princeton University astrophysicist Adam Burrows uses computer generated,… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch Technology Failures, Perils of Deepwater Drilling Among Gulf Oil Spill's Lessons In his new book, "A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea," Washington Post reporter Joel Achenbach chronicles the 2010 struggle to stop what would become the nation's worst off-shore oil spill. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Achenbach about the battle… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch Autism Now: For Adults With Autism, Few Support Options Past Age 21 Although federal law mandates educational services for children with autism, there are virtually no support services provided once they become adults. In the fifth report in his Autism Now series, Robert MacNeil profiles a young man in New Jersey --… Continue watching
Apr 21 Budget Showdown: What's In the Obama and Ryan Plans? By Paul Solman Editor's Note: This week President Obama has been crisscrossing the country, selling his budget plan to the American people. Meanwhile, Republican Representative Paul Ryan has been pitching his budget proposal to constituents in Wisconsin. We wanted… Continue reading
Apr 21 Share Your iPhone, iPad Location Maps The smart-phone world is buzzing over the fact that some iPhones store location data in your phones and keep a copy on the computers that sync with your devices. Continue reading
Apr 21 'Louisiana Water Stories' Documents the Culture and Curses of SOLA In southern Louisiana, life revolves around the water. Half of Louisiana's residents live in coastal areas, and nearly 30 percent of America's seafood comes from the Gulf region. Jon Bowermaster's latest documentary, "SOLA: Louisiana Water Stories", looks at… Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch AP Photojournalist Documents 'Horror Show,' Aftermath of Gulf Coast Oil Spill Associated Press photographer Gerald Herbert's work captured the environmental and personal toll of the Deepwater Horizen oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Herbert narrates a slide show of his images from the spill's early days and the subsequent struggle to… Continue watching
Apr 20 Watch Along Gulf Coast, Cautious Optimism for Future a Year After Oil Spill Began Compensation Disputes Among Lingering Impacts of Gulf Spill… Continue watching
Apr 20 Gulf Oil Spill: 1 Year and 232 Stories Later It was a year ago Wednesday that a massive oil spill began in the Gulf of Mexico with an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It took three months to seal the underwater oil gusher, and the region… Continue reading