Dec 29 Watch Health Experts Warn Death Toll From Disease Could Hit 50,000 As the death toll mounts in South Asia from Sunday's catastrophe, Dr. Nabarro, the head of crisis at the World Health Organization, warned that as many as 50,000 people may die from diseases caused by the tsunamis. Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch U.S. Aid Efforts to Tsunami Affected Areas Criticized President Bush on Wednesday defended the American response to the catastrophe in South Asia and said the United States would help rebuild the devestated countries. Andrew Natsios, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, discusses what steps America… Continue watching
Dec 29 Watch Science Editor Reviews Year’s Highlights Science magazine's editor in chief recounts the year's highlights in the science field, from the Mars rovers finding proof that the Red Planet was once drenched, to the discovery of small human remains only thousands of years old. Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch Massive Relief Efforts Underway to Aid South Asia After Tsunami In the wake of the deadly tsunami in South Asia, international relief agencies are working to get emergency aid to the countries hit by the massive waves. Two relief experts explain how the South Asian relief effort is being mounted. Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch Tsunami Causes Destruction in South Asia A devastating earthquake struck under the Indian Ocean causing massive tidal waves that have so far killed over 24,000 and injured and displaced hundreds of thousands more. Gwen Ifill leads a discussion with two experts, one who focuses on the… Continue watching
Dec 23 Watch New Forest Regulations Loosen Governance President Bush has announced new regulations that loosen the control and governance of the 155 national forests in the U.S. Experts discuss how the new rules will affect the management and protection of national forests. Continue watching
Dec 15 Wireless Companies Sprint and Nextel to Merge By PBS News Hour Sprint Corp. announced Wednesday that it will buy Nextel Communications Inc. in a $36 billion deal that will create the third largest wireless telecommunications firm in the world. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch States Report Voting Glitches in 2004 Election Spencer Michels reports on some efforts to research voting irregularities in this year's election. Spencer Michels reports on the science of voting in this year's election. Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Everglades Restoration Project Could Yield Healthier Florida Wetlands Tom Bearden from the NewsHour's Science Unit explores the massive effort to bring the Florida Everglades back to health. The NewsHour Science Unit is funded, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Continue watching
Nov 24 Mars Rovers Still Feeding Data to NASA Scientists The twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity are continuing to send information to NASA scientists on Earth more than 10 months after their touchdown on the Red Planet. Continue reading