Jan 04 Watch Fighting Malaria in Africa Residents in rural communities in Africa have begun purchasing mosquito nets with international aid money as an affordable, available and effective method of preventing malaria. An Indepedent Television News report from Uganda and Tanzania looks at the manufacturing and distribution… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 2005: The Year in Science In a review of 2005's science stories, two writers consider the stem cell controversy, global climate change and the threat of a bird flu pandemic. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Identifying Katrina’s Victims A reporter from the New Orleans Times-Picayune discusses the slow and ongoing process of identifying the victims of Hurricane Katrina, four months after the storm hit the Gulf Coast. Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Stem Cell Scandal Last week a panel from Seoul National University announced it had found deliberate deception in scientist Woo Suk Hwang's work, which claimed to have made a breakthrough in stem cell research. Three experts discuss the scandal and its implications. Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Defending the Sky The Department of Homeland Security has proposed spending up to $1 million per passenger plane to install a missile defense systems, but some believe cost of the program does not match the threat. Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch Thailand’s Coast, One Year After the Tsunami Nations around the world marked the first anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history. Special correspondent Tom Hagler and producer Jonathan Silvers look at recovery efforts along Thailand's Andaman Coast. Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch California Levees The devastation caused by levee failures in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has prompted other states, including California, to take a hard look at their own levee systems. Continue watching
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