Apr 06 Watch 5:00 Why there’s been a dangerous diabetes spike around the globe By PBS News Hour According to a new study from the World Health Organization, diabetes cases have quadrupled over the last 40 years, mostly in poorer nations. Today, 8.5 percent of all adults worldwide suffer from the chronic disease, and 3.7 million deaths are… Continue watching
Apr 06 This supernova blast was so close, it littered the ocean floor with radioactive dust By Nsikan Akpan Radioactive stardust confirms the two closest supernovae to ever explode near Earth. The most recent of the pair may have altered human evolution. Continue reading
Apr 05 How the Panama papers could affect the presidential race By Will Weissert, Associated Press The revelations in the Panama Papers could add to the populist outrage in the presidential race by confirming many of the fears of Bernie Sanders supporters on the left and contributing to the distrust that drives people to Donald Trump… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 7:01 The stories behind the unseen eviction crisis By PBS News Hour Every year, American families are evicted from their homes in the millions. But while economic controversies like unemployment rates and welfare reform continue to grab headlines, the eviction crisis has gone largely unreported. Sociologist Matthew Desmond examined the experiences of… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 7:03 Sex, social media and the pressure on teenage girls By PBS News Hour Teenagers today have never known a world without smartphones and social media. But how is this technology influencing the way they view themselves and the world? That’s the question journalist and author Nancy Jo Sales set out to answer in… Continue watching
Apr 04 What does your bubble quiz score say about you? By Charles Murray What is the relationship between scores on the bubble quiz and the socioeconomic status of the ZIP codes where people live?… Continue reading
Apr 03 What you need to know about the #PanamaPapers investigation By Kamala Kelkar, Hari Sreenivasan Eleven million leaked documents published on Sunday reveal how a secretive law firm based in Panama may have helped world leaders such as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak move money. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 9:09 How migrants and refugees are being welcomed in one tiny Italian village By PBS News Hour Starting tomorrow, the European Union plans to start sending back some of the 170,000 migrants and refugees who have made the dangerous journey by sea to Europe this year. Along another main migrant sea route from North Africa toward Italy,… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 1:52 Could the remains of Queen Nefertiti be hidden behind King Tut’s tomb? By Ivette Feliciano Archaeologists in Egypt have completed the first phase of a new search for King Tut's tomb. The question at hand: Could the tomb contain the undiscovered burial place of Queen Nefertiti? NewsHour's Ivette Feliciano reports. Continue watching
Apr 02 Mass grave uncovered in ancient city of Palmyra By Michael D. Regan A mass grave was found in Palmyra after Syrian forces regained control of the ancient Roman city from the Islamic State last week. Women and children were among the victims reportedly killed by members of the self-proclaimed caliphate in a… Continue reading