Jan 28 New Space Telescope to Map Dark Matter This artist's concept shows the Euclid spacecraft, which will launch to an orbit around the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. Image by ESA/C. Carreau. Update: Jan 29 | This week, NASA announced that it will partner with the… Continue reading
Jan 28 The Daily Frame By Tom LeGro "Temporary," an installation by Delicia Sampero, is part of the outdoor exhibition Sculpture On the Gulf on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. Continue reading
Jan 28 Bipartisan Group of Senators Offers Outline of Immigration Reform By Terence Burlij U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents assist men returning Mexico after they were apprehended for entering the U.S. illegally. File photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. A bipartisan group of eight senators will unveil a blueprint Monday aimed at… Continue reading
Jan 28 Golan, a Patchwork of Steel and Soil By P. J. Tobia A destroyed tank in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, with Syrian hills in the background. All photos by P.J. Tobia/PBS NewsHour. When people in the United States think of the Golan Heights, they very likely focus on the bloody Six-Day… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch Malians ‘Thrilled’ to Have Jihadists Driven Out of Gao by Government Forces In Mali, government forces made advances against Islamic extremists who have dominated certain regions for nine months. French forces were airdropped north of Timbukto and helped drive the rebels to the north. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Jan 27 Finding an Economic, Environmental Win-Win in Davos DAVOS, Switzerland -- One of the topics that's come to the fore at the World Economic Forum over the last decade of meetings is global climate change. A conference bringing thousands of people from across the planet to a little… Continue reading
Jan 27 Big Ideas in Davos Thirty heads of state and government and 2500 business and academic elite hammer out ways to fend off new storm clouds hanging over the global economy at the World Economic Forum. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images. DAVOS, Switzerland -- If… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch San Francisco on Track to Become Zero Waste City San Francisco is trying to become the first city with zero waste. By requiring residents and businesses to separate compostable items such as food scraps, as well as recyclable items, NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports that the city has already… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Tensions Remain High as Malian Troops Advance Into Islamist Territory Tensions Remain High as Malian Troops Advance Into Islamist Territory… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch At World Economic Forum, Talk of Future of European Union and the Euro At World Economic Forum, Talk of Future of European Union and the Euro… Continue watching