Jun 16 Watch 9:05 Why does almost half of America’s food go to waste? Roughly 40 percent of food produced in America never makes it to the table. Whether it rots in the field, is trashed at the supermarket, or thrown out at home, NPR’s Allison Aubrey looks at why good food is being… Continue watching
Jun 16 Chemistry debunks the biggest aspartame health myths By Catherine Woods The American Chemical Society debunks the myths of the sugar substitute aspartame. Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 8:43 Impoverished Greeks fearful as default deadline looms By PBS News Hour Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held an emergency meeting with his bailout negotiators after a weekend breakdown in talks with creditors brought the country closer to bankruptcy. Many in Greece are bracing for more turmoil as they wonder whether the… Continue watching
Jun 15 How young is too young for a bikini? By Wendy Thomas Russell Should I let my 9-year-old daughter wear a bikini? On the one hand, I wanted to support my kid’s choice of clothing. I certainly didn’t want to make her self-conscious about her body, not when puberty was around the corner. Continue reading
Jun 15 What does Jeb Bush believe? Where the candidate stands on 11 issues By Rachel Wellford He is a real estate developer turned two-term Florida governor. John Ellis Bush (J.E.B.) speaks fluent Spanish at home, chose to become a Texas Longhorn and is one of the Bush family’s middle children. The son and brother of presidents,… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 4:42 These six people simulated a mission to Mars on a Hawaiian volcano By PBS News Hour A NASA-funded study is focusing on the psychological impact of a potential mission to Mars. For the past eight months, six people have been living in a self-sustaining 1,000 square-foot dome on the Mauna Loa Volcano in Hawaii, cut off… Continue watching
Jun 14 Senate bill renews debate over expanded access to contraception By Rialda Zukic Democratic Sen. Patty Murray's introduction of the Affordability is Access Act this week has renewed debate nationwide about birth control access and affordability. Continue reading
Jun 13 Deeply personal information exposed in security clearance hack By Ted Bridis and Ken Dilanian, Associated Press Deeply personal information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances - mental illnesses, drug and alcohol use, past arrests, bankruptcies and more - is in the hands of hackers linked to China, officials say. Continue reading
Jun 13 Watch 9:06 LA’s ambitious plan to house every homeless veteran By PBS News Hour Los Angeles, a city with the highest number of homeless veterans, recently signed on to an ambitious national effort to end the crisis by the end of the year. Now, hundreds of service providers are working toward that goal by… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 12:02 Shields and Brooks on Obama trade bill defeat, deploying more troops to Iraq By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including a defeat for President Obama from his own party on a trade deal vote, the White House announcement that the… Continue watching