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
Mar 02 Watch Bird Flu Spreads to Europe, Africa The deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu has infected poultry and wild fowl in Asia, Africa and Europe raising fears that it could spark a global pandemic if it becomes easily transmittable from human to human. Two health officials… Continue watching
Mar 01 Watch Museum Displays Charles Darwin's Discoveries A new exhibit at New York's American Museum of Natural History explores the life of Charles Darwin and how he developed his theories on evolution but repressed them for decades because he may have known how revolutionary they would become. Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch Firms Outsourcing Drug Research to India The decision by many pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical drug trials in India, a country with a large number of scientists, doctors and patients has sparked an ethical debate over whether the trials will benefit the participants, many of them… Continue watching
Jan 31 President Urges Fight on 'Tyranny', Steps to Keep U.S. Competitive By Admin, PBS News Hour President Bush, in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, said U.S. security depends on ending tyranny in the world, while maintaining U.S. competitiveness requires investments in technology and scientific learning. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch After Two Years, Journey Continues for Mars Rovers NASA's rovers Spirit and Opportunity -- once thought to have a life span of only three months -- are entering their third year of exploring Mars. They have found evidence of Mars' watery past and have been making other observations… Continue watching