Jan 06 Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will cost billions and take decades By News Desk [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_D-qHOB2tY] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a study Monday on how best to keep the invasive species Asian carp from overwhelming the Great Lakes and threatening the area's multi-billion dollar fishing industry. Ash-har Quraishi of WTTW Chicago… Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch What will Bloomberg’s legacy on climate change be? After 12 years, an assessment of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's legacy on climate change. Continue watching
Jan 05 Watch Hezbollah upgrades missile threat to Israel A new source of conflict in the Middle East might be emerging. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the Islamic militant group, Hezbollah, is getting more advanced weaponry that could be far more precise in their attacks. Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Al-Qaida group takes control of central Fallujah The Iraq army shelled the city of Fallujah on Saturday in attempts to take back control from the Al-Qaida affiliated group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has also overrun the town of Ramadi. Liz… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch Can new apps lead to a new you for 2014? Take a look at these new technologies that allow people to keep track and quantify every detail of their daily lives. It's a growing movement called “quantified self.” The personal data gathered is often health-related, but there are applications to… Continue watching
Jan 03 As Hispanic population explodes in U.S., so too will their need for long-term care By Elizabeth Shell By 2060, nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic. That population is expected to more than double from the current 53 million to nearly 129 million. And as a group, Hispanics are projected to make up more… Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch What role does the human touch play in the digital age? In a digital age that creates more automated services at ever lower prices, how can we retain the value of human work and relationships? Hari Sreenivasan ponders this with computer scientist Jaron Lanier, author of "Who Owns the Future?", and… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way Tech industry looks to robots to tackle problems but finds hurdles on the way… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Should lawmakers repeal cuts to military pensions? When Congress reached a budget deal to fund the federal government, one of the controversial items they agreed to was a cut in military pensions. But does this break a promise to those who have served? Jeffrey Brown gets perspective… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch Concerns linger about enrollment glitches as millions start new health coverage Concerns linger about enrollment glitches as millions start new health coverage… Continue watching