Jun 06 Harvard Researchers Start Cloning Human Embryos with Private Funds By Admin, PBS News Hour Harvard researchers announced Tuesday that they have begun efforts to clone human embryos to create stem cells by using private funding to get around federal funding restrictions. Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch Global Warming Presents New Business Opportunities As various groups push to raise awareness of the adverse effects of global warming and energy prices continue to rise, companies are advertising greener, cleaner products that may cost a little more. Continue watching
May 23 Watch Millions of Veterans at Risk of Identity Fraud Following Data Theft In response to the disclosure that the personal information of more than 26 million U.S. veterans had been stolen almost three weeks ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs has created a call center to inform potential victims about consumer identity… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Students Compete in Robotics This year, nearly 30,000 high school students experienced triumph and defeat in a national robotics challenge geared toward fostering an interest in math, science and engineering. Continue watching
Apr 27 Watch Reefs Near the Maldives Continue Decline Coral reefs provide both the foundations and the protection for the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean. Yet due to global warming, they could all be gone within 50 years. Lawrence McGinty of Independent Television News provides a report. Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch 20 Years Later, Chernobyl Still Weighs on Nuclear Efforts Twenty years after Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster, debate resumes over the use of nuclear power. Two experts discuss the what happened at Chernobyl and current concerns over nuclear power. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Story of Polio Fight Wins Pulitzer Prize Author and historian David Oshinsky won the Pulitzer Prize in history this year for his work on the subject of polio in America. Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch China Continues Efforts to Limit Access to the Internet In Northern California, a Chinese-born computer scientist is waging a technological war on the Chinese government's Internet restrictions. Following a report on their efforts, two regional experts assess the Chinese government's efforts to control information within its borders. Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch Illinois Community Struggles with Continued Industrial Pollution Exelon Corporation didn't publicly acknowledge at least six spills of water containing radioactive tritium until recently--even though the first one happened in 1996. Residents of Will County, Illinois are now outraged and worried about tritium's effect on their health. Continue watching
Apr 12 Watch California Works to Prepare for Next ‘Big One’ The 1906 earthquake killed about 3,000 San Franciscans, yet despite modern building codes and materials, scientists fear a similar earthquake could be even more devastating today. Continue watching