Jan 01 Census: 308,400,408 Americans at Start of 2010 Another year, another few million Americans. There are 2,606,181 more Americans today than there were on Dec. 31, 2008, according to the Census Bureau's annual year-end projections. That's about 0.9 percent growth for the year. Births in the coming… Continue reading
Dec 31 What Were the Science Breakthroughs of 2009? As 2009 wound to a close, the PBS NewsHour asked scientists and science journalists to discuss the most significant science stories of the year. Continue reading
Dec 23 Excerpt: Obama on Disappointment Over Copenhagen Climate Talks By News Desk In an excerpt of an interview with Jim Lehrer, President Obama reflects on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks, saying “people are justified in being disappointed about the outcome in Copenhagen.”… Continue reading
Dec 22 Blizzard ’09 as Seen From Space The weekend storm that dumped more snow on Washington, DC, than the area usually sees in an entire winter was a Nor'easter, a powerful storm characterized by a strong low-pressure center that forms in the Gulf of Mexico… Continue reading
Dec 22 White House Taps Howard Schmidt as Cyber Security Chief Nearly seven months after announcing a new emphasis on digital security, the Obama administration has tapped a veteran of both eBay and Microsoft to lead the nation's military and civilian cybersecurity efforts. Howard Schmidt, who served as a cybersecurity… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch How Dangerous is the Cyber Crime Threat? The White House named a new chief for the nation's cyber security efforts Tuesday, part of a new emphasis on digital threats. A digital security expert weighs in on the realities of cyber crime in the U.S. Continue watching
Dec 21 Ray Suarez: A Look Back at Copenhagen By Ray Suarez Fresh off of his reporting trip to Copenhagen for international climate talks, Ray Suarez stopped by the Rundown Monday to talk to Hari Sreenivasan about the summit’s conclusions and lingering questions over the climate agreements reached. Watch their conversation… Continue reading
Dec 21 Mauna Loa Birthplace of Global CO2 Monitoring By Larisa Epatko As nations move forward with managing carbon dioxide emissions, how will they track their progress? The answer comes in part from a global network of CO2 sampling sites that was born decades ago at Mauna Loa in Hawaii. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch A Look at Climate Change After Copenhagen In the aftermath of the Copenhagen climate summit, about the only thing certain is the need for more talks. Ray Suarez speaks with Jeffrey Brown about how the nonbinding agreement struck in Copenhagen will impact future negotiations. Continue watching
Dec 18 Reports: Leaders Strike ‘Meaningful Agreement’ in Copenhagen By Jason Breslow Update 5:50 pm ET: President Obama said Friday a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough” had been reached between the U.S., China, India, South Africa and Brazil on a global effort to curb climate change, but said much work was still needed… Continue reading