Jan 10 Tears and Testosterone, Interstellar Dust Clouds and a Medical Mystery, Unsolved In Women's Tears, a Chemical that Says, 'Not Tonight, Dear' When a man gets close enough to sniff a woman's tears, his sex drive and hormone levels drop, but his mood and empathy remain unchanged, according to… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch Oil and Oysters: Testing Continues in Louisiana After Gulf Disaster The Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals adopted a sophisticated two-tiered testing system to examine how safe oysters are for human consumption. Bill Rodman from Louisiana Public Broadcasting reports on their findings. Continue watching
Jan 06 Methane-Munching Bacteria Ate Potent Gas From Gulf Oil Leak at Top Speed By Jenny Marder Researchers collect water samples to study bacteria and methane gas. Photo by Elizabeth Crapo/NOAA As soon as oil began spewing into Gulf of Mexico waters, bacteria went to work, gobbling up mass amounts of methane. And as the oil… Continue reading
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