• Just Ask: How Does Sunscreen Work?

    Just Ask: How Does Sunscreen Work?

    Dec 15, 2010 12:00 AM EST

    As a cold front settles across the Eastern seaboard, we turn wistfully to thoughts of the sun for this week's Just Ask! science post. This one comes from a reader, Amanda Teicher, who wants to know: "How does sunscreen work?" The first widely used sunscreen was a sticky, red ...

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    Just Ask: What Would a Supersized Atom Look Like?

    Dec 07, 2010 09:07 PM EST

    ... of electrons," Kakalios says. "And if you start to ask, where is the electron, really?... that's when you start getting into the late-night philosophical questions. Then it goes into a different realm." Email your Just Ask! questions to science@newshour.org with "Science Question" in the subject line.

  • Just Ask: What Makes Volcanoes Erupt?

    Just Ask: What Makes Volcanoes Erupt?

    Nov 30, 2010 10:01 PM EST

    It's time for our weekly Just Ask feature, where the experts tackle your questions on science and technology. John Eichelberger, a volcano expert with the U.S. Geological Survey, answers the question, "Why Does the Earth Have Volcanoes, and What Makes Them Erupt?" Even though the earth is 4 ...

  • Probe of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago seems to be nearing the end. Trump’s lawyers just asked to meet with Garland

    Probe of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago seems to be nearing the end. Trump’s lawyers just asked to meet with Garland

    May 24, 2023 04:31 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked for a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as a Justice Department investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents shows signs of winding down. In the letter, which Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, attorneys John Rowley ...

  • Son of Louisville mayor reflects on past trauma after Brown University shooting

    Son of Louisville mayor reflects on past trauma after Brown University shooting

    Dec 17, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    ... the country. And we are doing everything we can to make sure that people in Louisville feel safe and are safe. Amna Nawaz: Can I just ask you both briefly, your family has been through so much personally now in the last three or four years, having survived two different ...

  • Zelenskyy faces pressure from Trump to accept his Ukraine peace plan

    Zelenskyy faces pressure from Trump to accept his Ukraine peace plan

    Nov 21, 2025 11:45 PM EST

    Amna Nawaz: So before we dive more deeply into this plan, let me just ask you about President Trump's demand here that Ukraine accept this plan by next Thursday or risk losing weapon sales and intelligence sharing. Does a deadline ultimatum like that help move closer to a deal ...

  • BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump's speech on Jan. 6

    BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump's speech on Jan. 6

    Nov 11, 2025 11:30 PM EST

    ... year, and what we have learned, I think, is that when media companies do appease, when they appear to capitulate, there is severe consumer backlash. Just ask Disney with Jimmy Kimmel. On the other hand, the BBC has to think about many factors here, including board members who might be ...

  • 'My husband is not a threat': ICE detains man married to U.S. citizen

    'My husband is not a threat': ICE detains man married to U.S. citizen

    Oct 08, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... wonder, even in the midst of this fraught period that you're in, how you would respond to people like that. Leslie Gonzalez: I would just ask that they look beyond the paperwork to the person to consider the family. My husband is not a threat. He is a hard ...

  • In aftermath of Michigan LDS church attack, investigators seek gunman's motive

    In aftermath of Michigan LDS church attack, investigators seek gunman's motive

    Sep 29, 2025 10:45 PM EST

    ... for patience while the investigation plays out. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: At this juncture, speculation is unhelpful and it can be downright dangerous. So, I just ask that people lower the temperature of rhetoric. Deema Zein: It's the latest in a number of shootings targeting religious institutions in America. Just ...

  • Doctor challenges Trump administration's claims about acetaminophen and autism

    Doctor challenges Trump administration's claims about acetaminophen and autism

    Sep 25, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    ... of patients all over the world that have shown that there is not a link between autism and vaccine use. Amna Nawaz: If I can just ask you lastly here to speak directly to women who heard this advice this week and maybe are concerned about decisions they made while ...