• Why do honeybees die when they sting?

    Why do honeybees die when they sting?

    Oct 01, 2014 09:09 PM EST

    We return to our Just Ask feature, where experts tackle your questions on science and technology. Why do honeybees die when they sting? When a honeybee stings, it dies a gruesome death. The bee’s stinger is structured in such a way that once it punctures human skin, the bee ...

  • Can the U.S. rally more partners against Islamic State? - Part 2

    Can the U.S. rally more partners against Islamic State? - Part 2

    Sep 25, 2014 12:17 AM EST

    ... we -- the strikes that began earlier this week, have all been eliminated. JESSICA TUCHMAN MATHEWS: Right. Right. GWEN IFILL: Killed. (CROSSTALK) GWEN IFILL: Let me just ask Jessica Mathews this first. How important is that piece of this to making the larger case at the U.N.? JESSICA TUCHMAN MATHEWS ...

  • Who’s behind the Chinese takeover of world’s biggest pork producer?

    Who’s behind the Chinese takeover of world’s biggest pork producer?

    Sep 12, 2014 11:44 PM EST

    ... wouldn't agree, Senator, that it is a state-controlled company.  I think the -- I think that's fairly easy to research.  So, I would just ask Mr. Slane to do the research.  And maybe he's just got some bad information. NATHAN HALVERSON: Some senators even laughed off Slane ...

  • After fatal gun accidents, children can find comfort in poetry

    After fatal gun accidents, children can find comfort in poetry

    Sep 06, 2014 12:29 AM EST

    ... bob at random or they lie like -- lie in the spoon the way I saw my brother lying in the field. JEFFREY BROWN: Let me just ask you briefly about this -- bring it back to the case of the girl recently. What would you say to her or to those ...

  • Holder promises full and fair investigation in Ferguson

    Holder promises full and fair investigation in Ferguson

    Aug 20, 2014 11:44 PM EST

    ... Police: He has been vilified in the media and by the politicians. And we felt it was necessary that we had to come out and just ask for due process for Darren Wilson. HARI SREENIVASAN: At the same time, protesters have demanded that county prosecutor Bob McCulloch step aside. His ...

  • Whistleblowers come forward in Veterans Affairs scandal

    Whistleblowers come forward in Veterans Affairs scandal

    Jun 27, 2014 12:30 AM EST

    ... the Special Counsel basically raised a red flag on that, and did so in a letter to the president. JEFFREY BROWN: Well, so let me just ask you in our last minute. In the meantime, since the scandal has come to light, are veterans -- do we know, are veterans getting ...

  • Sen. Warren takes on Washington to give working class Americans ‘A Fighting Chance’

    Sen. Warren takes on Washington to give working class Americans ‘A Fighting Chance’

    May 20, 2014 12:19 AM EST

    ... buying oil tankers. This is not a financial system that has calmed down and is there to serve the American people. JUDY WOODRUFF: Let me just ask you one other thing. One of the reviewers I read who complimented many of the things you wrote in the book said, even ...

  • Obama unveils new limits on U.S. spying while defending surveillance operations

    Obama unveils new limits on U.S. spying while defending surveillance operations

    Jan 17, 2014 05:34 PM EST

    ... interests to take a look at some foreign country that he's taken off the list here. One thing I would suggest is that we ask foreign countries for reciprocity, because we will be the only country in the world that is that careful in monitoring the activities and intentions ...

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    Ambassador Ford faces tough questions over Syria policy

    Oct 31, 2013 08:09 PM EST

    ... capabilities by July of next year -- both Democrats and Republicans focused questioning on what broader efforts are in place to end the conflict. "Let me just ask you this. The opposition, that you know personally in many cases, are they faring better today since we moved towards trying to destroy ...

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    Englert and Higgs win top physics prize for explaining how matter acquires mass

    Oct 08, 2013 04:05 PM EST

    CERN scientists celebrate after the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images. Britain's Peter W. Higgs and Belgium's Francois Englert jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for explaining how fundamental particles acquire mass. Or more specifically, "for the theoretical discovery that contributes to our understanding...