Oct 30 Watch California Firestorms More temperate temperatures and some light rain moved into the San Bernadino Mountains and eastern San Diego County, but firefighters face flames fanned by winds that are still gusting to 40 miles per hour. Spencer Michels reports from California, and… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch Solar Storm A giant geometric flare unleashed by the sun threatened to disrupt airline and satellite communications and trigger shutdowns on electrical power grids Wednesday. Margaret Warner talks to an expert about what causes solar flares and how they affect Earth. Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch California Wildfires Wind-swept wildfires have consumed 522,000 acres of Southern California, destroyed 1,552 homes and claimed 17 lives. Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-Los Angeles provides a firsthand view of the devastation from the fireline in San Bernadino. Continue watching
Oct 23 Senate Unanimously Approves Anti-Spam Bill, but Hurdles Remain The U.S. Senate Wednesday night passed an anti-spam bill by a 97-0 vote, though industry experts offer a more cautious assessment of the measure. Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Hydrogen Power Hydrogen power, a prospective candidate in the race to find a non-fossil fuel source, has the potential to fuel vehicles for transportation and generate most of the world's electricity. Tom Bearden reports on the process of bringing hydrogen fuel from… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch Dam Corruption China's mammoth Yangtse River will soon be controlled by the largest dam ever built, but the edifice is still not strong enough to quell the tide of corruption. Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports on some of the human… Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch China in Space Four decades after the height of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, China became only the third country to launch a person into orbit. Ian Williams of Independent Television News reports on the Chinese entry… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch Iranian Attorney Shirin Ebadi: 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Ray Suarez leads a discussion about the work of Iranian attorney Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel peace prize. The Nobel committee recognized Ebadi for her work to promote democracy, human rights and equality for women… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch Nobel Prize Winners Two biochemists were honored with the Nobel prize for chemistry in recognition of their discoveries of the tiny channels that let vital substances move through cell walls. Margaret Warner talks to Peter Agre, one of the prize recipients. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch Western Drought Western regions of the United States continue to cope with the decimation caused by the lack of rain. Ted Robbins of KUAT in Tucson, Ariz., provides an update on the drought. Continue watching