Dec 21 Senate Republicans Win Budget Battle, Lose ANWR Bid By PBS News Hour The Bush administration and GOP allies in the Senate on Wednesday successfully passed a bill they said would trim federal deficits by $39.7 billion over five years. Continue reading
Dec 19 Researchers Pinpoint Human Skin Color Gene By PBS News Hour Scientists have detected a genetic mutation that they say largely explains the first appearance of white skin in humans tens of thousands of years ago. Continue reading
Dec 16 South Korean Stem Cell Scientist Requests Retraction By PBS News Hour A stem cell researcher, whose team claimed it was able to create 11 stem cell lines genetically matched to certain patients, asked that his work be withdrawn from the journal Science after allegations were made that the results were fabricated. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Unlocking Cancer Genes An ambitious national pilot project called the "Cancer Genome Atlas" will attempt to map the genetic mutations present in different types of cancer. Two experts discuss the project. Continue watching
Dec 12 Rovers Complete First Martian Year Showing Some Wear By PBS News Hour The two rovers examining rocks and soil on Mars have ended their first Martian year, much longer than anyone expected, with some technical glitches but are still capable of gathering data. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Importing Liquefied Natural Gas A report on multinational companies that are rushing to develop and import liquefied natural gas, LNG, a resource that is cheap to transport but many countries fear could pose risks to large population centers that lie near storage facilities. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch Science of Aging Some scientists have discovered a set of "anti-aging" genes in animals that -- when manipulated -- have similar life-extending effects as calorie-restrictive diets. Correspondent Tom Bearden reports on the research into the relationship between genes and aging. Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch Wind Power Debate The Science Unit reports on the controversy over a proposed wind farm to be built off the coast of Massachusetts in Nantucket Sound. Continue watching
Nov 23 New Cracks Found in Shuttle’s Tank Foam By PBS News Hour NASA officials still puzzling over what caused a section of foam insulation to break off the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during its launch in July. Continue reading
Nov 21 Watch Thailand Rebuilds After the Tsunami The tsunami that hit South Asia Dec. 26 destroyed local economies and tourist industries in Thailand. An update looks at the recovery efforts and the government's project to install an early warning system for tsunamis. Continue watching