Oct 22 India Launches First Mission to the Moon By PBS News Hour India successfully launched its first mission to the moon Wednesday, an unmanned orbiter that will map the moon's surface and look for signs of water, ice and useful minerals. Continue reading
Oct 17 Researchers Search for New Weapons in Fight Against TB By Admin, PBS News Hour Last year, a young lawyer with drug-resistant tuberculosis travelled overseas despite the fact that he was on the U.S. no-fly list, sparking a media storm and bringing the lung disease back into national awareness. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Polluted Rain Run-off Poses Threat to Water Systems In a landmark decision, a Washington state pollution board has ruled that flow of polluted storm water into local water systems must be reduced. Lee Hochberg reports on the ruling and controversy over the impact of new home developments on… Continue watching
Oct 08 Financial Crisis Illustrates Influence of Emotions, Behavior on Markets By PBS News Hour The past month of corporate failures, government rescues and stock market gyrations has visibly shaken the confidence of Wall Street tycoons and ordinary investors alike. Continue reading
Oct 08 Study of Glowing Jellyfish Nets Nobel Prize for Trio By PBS News Hour One Japanese and two American scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering and developing a glowing jellyfish protein that has revolutionized the way researchers study disease and normal development in living organisms. Continue reading
Oct 06 European Scientists Share Nobel Prize for Medicine By PBS News Hour Three European scientists will share this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, for identifying two deadly sexually transmitted viruses, the Nobel committee announced Monday. Continue reading
Sep 30 Phoenix Lander Witnesses Snow on Mars By PBS News Hour NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has spotted snow falling from Martian clouds, and detected evidence of past water at its landing site in the Martian arctic plains. Continue reading
Sep 26 Particle Collider Start-up on Hold Until Spring By PBS News Hour Disappointed scientists learned this week that the Large Hadron Collider -- the most powerful particle collider ever built -- will be shut down until next spring after an electrical glitch sparked a helium leak in the machine's 17 miles of… Continue reading
Sep 24 Battle to Replace Domenici in New Mexico Senate Race Centers on Energy Policy By PBS News Hour The race for New Mexico's first open Senate seat in 26 years has brought the national renewable energy debate into local focus as Republican Rep. Steve Pearce battles Democratic Rep. Tom Udall for the job. Continue reading
Sep 23 Google Barges Into Phone Market with G1 and Open-Source Android Software By PBS News Hour Internet search giant Google on Tuesday unveiled its first foray into the global mobile phone market, introducing the T-Mobile G1, informally known as the "Google phone."… Continue reading