Jul 19 Watch 9:21 Advocates warn genital cutting may increase during summer months By PBS NewsHour Female genital mutilation is widely thought of as something affecting women in countries halfway around the world. But advocates in the U.S. say many women who have immigrated here may have been subjected to the painful procedure or could still… Continue watching
Jul 19 Happy birthday to the woman who revolutionized endocrinology By Dr. Howard Markel Rosalyn S. Yalow was a giant of medicine. A Nobel laureate and medical physicist, Yalow co-discovered the radioimmunoassay, an exquisitely sensitive means of using “radioactive tracers” to measure hormones in the bloodstream. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Report: At least 70k rape kits remain untested in U.S. police depts By PBS News Hour A new investigation by the USA Today Media Network has found that at least 70,000 rape kits are lying untested in 1,000 U.S. police departments. The report also discovered police departments in 34 states have never taken an inventory of… Continue watching
Jul 18 Trump says McCain was war hero ‘because he was captured’ By Associated Press Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized Arizona Sen. John McCain's military record Saturday, saying he was a "war hero because he was captured."… Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 12:25 Shields and Brooks on striking a deal with Iran, Planned Parenthood scrutiny By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 17 Nepal gets a piece of Pluto plus four new surprises from New Horizons By Nsikan Akpan Gas tails and Nepalese landmarks are just some of the latest updates from NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 5:59 Kindergarteners with good social skills turn into successful adults, study finds By PBS News Hour In a report released today, researchers found that kindergarteners’ social skills, like cooperation, listening to others and helping classmates, provided strong predictors of how those children would fare two decades later. Judy Woodruff speaks to Damon Jones of Pennsylvania State… Continue watching
Jul 16 Here’s why human screams make your skin crawl By Nsikan Akpan Neuroscientists unlock what happens to our brains and behavior when we hear a scream. Continue reading
Jul 16 Why Samantha Bee lets her 5-year-old watch ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Jaws’ By artsdesk Samantha Bee is a comedian, writer, former correspondent for The Daily Show and official cool parent. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch 6:15 Welcome to Pluto, where you’ll find mountains the size of the Rockies By PBS News Hour Today, NASA released the first ever close-up photographs of Pluto. The images showed icy mountains and a mysterious pale patch shaped like a heart. Judy Woodruff speaks to science correspondent Miles O’Brien about what we have learned about Pluto so… Continue watching