Apr 06 Watch Fossil Discovery May Link Life on Land and Water Scientists discovered fossils on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic that they believe are a crucial missing link in the evolutionary chain between life in the water and on land. One of the lead researchers analyzes the implications of the… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Louisiana Struggles to Maintain, Improve Wetlands Even before Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana was losing miles of wetlands every year due to its systems of levees and canals. Now, the Army Corps of Engineers has asked the people of New Orleans to comment on a plan that includes… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch Salmon Fisheries in Northwest See Trouble Ahead Salmon fisheries in the Pacific Northwest are worried that conservation efforts and environmental problems could devastate the lucrative spring season. Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch Center Gives Hope to Muscular Dystrophy Patients Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. is doing pioneering research and treatment for muscular dystrophy using interdisciplinary teams of doctors and scientists focused on a common problem. Continue watching
Mar 29 Security Council Calls for Iran to Stop Uranium Enrichment By PBS News Hour The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a statement Wednesday demanding that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment program, marking the first direct request from the Security Council concerning Iran's nuclear program. Continue reading
Mar 28 Investigators Slip Radioactive Materials Past U.S. Border Patrol By PBS News Hour Two teams of government investigators testing the effectiveness of radiation monitors at U.S. borders were able to smuggle in enough radioactive material to make two "dirty bombs," a federal report released Monday said. Continue reading
Mar 17 Watch New FDA Cheif Inherits Old Problems The newly nominated commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration is being called upon to restore morale and confidence in the agency following its controversial handling of Vioxx and birth control known as Plan B. Two officials consider the state… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch India Works on Fertility Reversal After Tsunami NewsHour correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television reports from India on the effort to reverse sterilization, one of India's most common forms of birth control, for those who lost children in the tsunami. Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch Scientists Discover ‘Lost World’ in New Guinea An international team of scientists travelled to the Foja Mountains in western New Guinea and found several new species of birds, frogs and plants. Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch California Levee Breaks After Rain Heavy rains Monday led to a small levee break in Sonoma County, California. In a Science Unit report, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels looks at California's Central Valley levee system. Continue watching