Aug 03 Watch 2:27 California battles unprecedented wildfire, fueled by drought By PBS News Hour A major wildfire continued to burn in Northern California for a sixth straight day, despite some relief from lower temperatures and higher humidity. The fire has already consumed more than 60,000 acres, including two dozen homes, and put at least… Continue watching
Aug 03 Centuries-old bonsai that survived atomic bomb gets honored 70 years later By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins At 390 years old, the Japanese white pine was already notable as the oldest specimen in the bonsai collection at Washington, D.C.'s National Arboretum. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 9:11 Cracking the code to a more diverse tech workforce By PBS News Hour The giants of Silicon Valley -- Google, Twitter, Facebook -- report that just three to four percent of their workforce is black or Hispanic, and men outnumber women by more than two to one. Now, tech companies are investing hundreds… Continue watching
Aug 02 The ‘strange’ death of Warren G. Harding By Dr. Howard Markel At 7:20 p.m. on the evening of Aug. 2, 1923, President Warren G. Harding’s wife, Florence, was reading the “Saturday Evening Post” to him in the presidential suite of San Francisco’s Palace Hotel. The article in question was about Mr. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 9:50 Why is New York City cracking down on Airbnb? By PBS News Hour Short-term housing rental industry giant Airbnb now lists more than 1 million rooms available in 192 countries. The platform's largest market is in New York City, with more than 25,000 listings per night, but it's also where the debate over… Continue watching
Aug 01 Once in a blue moon: See photos of Friday’s lunar rarity around the world By Andrew Mach See photos from around the world of Friday's blue moon, the second of two full moons appearing in the same calendar month. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 10:30 How many ballistic missile submarines does the U.S. really need? By PBS News Hour The Navy's formidable fleet of nuclear-armed submarines is approaching the end of its lifespan, and there’s growing debate over how many are needed and how to pay for them. Jamie McIntyre, national security correspondent for Al Jazeera America on special… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch: 1,000 musicians in Italy request a visit from Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl accepts By Colleen Shalby One thousand singers, drummers and guitarists in Cesena, Italy, gathered in a field to play the Foo Fighters’ “Learn to Fly,” in a large-scale musical request for the band to come play for them. Continue reading
Jul 31 This is the trigger that could launch a nuclear war By Dan Sagalyn This joystick-like device holds the fate of humanity in its grip. Continue reading
Jul 30 Watch 8:42 Do labor-saving robots spell doom for American workers? By PBS News Hour The onslaught of automation that's replacing human workers -- from golf caddies to bank tellers -- may be putting us on a path to humanitarian crisis, says Jerry Kaplan, author of "Humans Need Not Apply." As technology grows and jobs… Continue watching