Mar 23 Watch Google-China Dispute Puts Internet Freedoms Back in the Spotlight Chinese officials were quick to condemn Google's decision to move its search engine from mainland of China because of censorship and deterioration of the relationship following hacking in January. Gwen Ifill gets two points of view on the deteriorating relationship… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch Google’s China Exit Elicits Mixed Reactions Google announced Monday that it will move its search portal from the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong because of dissatisfaction with censorship and Internet security. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Mar 22 Google to Stop Censoring Search Results in China UPDATE 5:30PM: On Monday afternoon, Mike Hammer, spokesman for the National Security Council, said, "We are disappointed that Google and the Chinese government were unable to reach an agreement that would allow Google to continue operating its search services in… Continue reading
Mar 19 Reimagining Nanotechnology By Business Desk Editor’s note: On Friday’s NewsHour, Paul speaks to Felice Frankel and George Whitesides, authors of an extraordinary new book, No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale. Frankel and Whitesides bring the virtually invisible world of nanotech to life… Continue reading
Mar 19 Around the Nation Roundup Here's a selection of art and culture reports from local public broadcasting stations and national producers. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch Tiny Technology Holds Big Economic Potential In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, economics correspondent Paul Solman examines the small scale of nanosciences and the big impact they could have on the economy. Continue watching
Mar 18 NCAA Bracketology: The Science Behind March Madness It's a beautiful, sunny day here in Washington. But there are more than a few people turned away from their office windows, preoccupied with a much smaller orange orb. In case you hadn't heard, it's March Madness time. Continue reading
Mar 18 Clean Water’s Ripple Effects in Other Lands By Hari Sreenivasan Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro visited the Rundown to talk about the reporting he's recently done on water issues in Ethiopia -- including the steps one village is taking to address them in a country where perhaps three-quarters of… Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch In Ethiopia, a Daily Struggle for Clean Water In the first in a series of collaborative reports about water problems around the world, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the shortage of potable water in Ethiopia and how the effort required to maintain existing watering points affects millions… Continue watching