Jan 06 More Troops Heading to Afghanistan, Gates Eyes Long-term Budget Cuts A U.S. Marine walks down the main market in Musa Qala in Helmand province. File photo by Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that an additional 1,400 Marines will head to Afghanistan this spring in an… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch Oil Disaster Report Preview Spreads Blame, Offers Stark Warning President Obama's commission on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster has released a preview of its final report, warning that a similar disaster to the Deepwater Horizon rig blast could happen again if reforms aren't made. Ray Suarez speaks with… Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Is Technology Wiring Teens to Have Better Brains? Science correspondent Miles O'Brien looks at what could be happening to teenagers' brains as they develop in a rapid-fire, multitasking world of technology and gadgets. Continue watching
Jan 05 Miles O’Brien: This is Your Teen’s Brain on Technology and Multitasking DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s46d6qce7', 'WosCGJ47gSA', '29'); On Wednesday's NewsHour, Miles O'Brien reports on the way that teens interact with technology, and how Facebooking, texting, gaming and constant digital multitasking may be shaping developing adolescent brains. Do teens pay a price for… Continue reading
Jan 04 Clips of the Eclipse From Around the World Skygazers across the Eastern Hemisphere watched as a partial solar eclipse darkened the sky Tuesday morning and changed the sun's shape into that of a crescent moon. Since much of the world didn't get a chance to witness… Continue reading
Jan 04 Birds Tumbling From the Sky; Fish Floating Dead in the Water: How Unusual Are These Animal Die-Offs? By Jenny Marder On New Years Day, residents of Beebe, Ark., awoke to find some 5,000 dead blackbirds strewn across roads, lawns and rooftops. Three days later, 125 miles from Beebe, thousands of fish were found dead on riverbanks and floating along the… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Goldman Sachs, Digital Sky ‘Friend’ Facebook With Big Investment Facebook Finds New Friends in Investment Companies… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Environmental Questions Persist in Post-Spill Gulf Ray Suarez revisits one of the biggest stories of the year - the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Months after the well was sealed, questions remain about exactly how much damage the massive spill has done to the… Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Scientists Study Gulf Fish for Signs of Oil Damage NewsHour Correspondent Tom Bearden talks to researchers who are assessing the long-term damage to the Gulf. In Alabama, scientists are examining whether damage done to fish larvae is linked to the oil spill. Continue watching
Dec 31 Watch Challenging Cleanup Ahead for Gulf Coast Jane Lubchenco, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, talks to Ray Suarez about the administration's efforts to address the environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue watching