• 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 ...

  • '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 ...

  • Health experts respond to Trump's claims linking autism to acetaminophen

    Health experts respond to Trump's claims linking autism to acetaminophen

    Sep 22, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... if there -- if people walked away from that feeling clearer about what happens in the childhood vaccination schedule or more confused. William Brangham: Can I just ask you in the 30 seconds or so we have left about this drug leucovorin that was mentioned as a possible treatment for children ...

  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorney discusses his case amid new deportation effort

    Kilmar Abrego Garcia's attorney discusses his case amid new deportation effort

    Aug 25, 2025 10:55 PM EST

    ... important to them than any particular outcome in this particular case. Amna Nawaz: Simon, in the 30 seconds or so I have left, can I just ask you, is it your view now that he will ultimately be deported, it's just a matter of to which country, or could ...

  • 'We kept our promises': Rep. Haridopolos touts GOP victories in Trump's first 6 months

    'We kept our promises': Rep. Haridopolos touts GOP victories in Trump's first 6 months

    Jul 24, 2025 10:30 PM EST

    ... overtime and Social Security. People are going to save, invest and spend. And we think the economy's going to grow. Amna Nawaz: Can I just ask you? We're six months into this second Trump administration. You're six months into your first term in Congress. And you came ...