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 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
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 28 'Secrets Beneath the Ice' Goes Back in Time to Predict the Future DetectFlashDecision_Blog('news01s4682qff1', '2LFTFQ5hRrQ', '29'); Editor's note: In one portion of the footage, the Larsen Ice Shelf is misspelled. In late January 2002, the Larsen Ice Shelf, a piece of ice approximately the size of Manhattan, began breaking up. Continue reading
Dec 27 Watch Should the Government Control Who Tracks You Online? The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month proposed the creation of a so-called do-not-track option for Web users. Ray Suarez speaks with FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Mike Zaneis, general counsel of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, about the state of… Continue watching