Science May 16 Watch The Future of Prosthetics: Mind-Bending Robotic Arms Researchers have shown that patients paralyzed from the neck down can move robotic arms with their minds, according to a new report in the journal Nature that documents two cases involving brain-stem stroke victims. Margaret Warner discusses the hopes for…
Health May 01 Watch Newborns Addicted to Painkillers: Study Finds Troubling Spike in Cases Newborns Addicted to Painkillers: Study Finds Troubling Spike in Cases…
Health Apr 18 Watch After Heart Attack, Turning Scar Tissue Back Into Beating Heart Cells After Heart Attack, Turning Scar Tissue Back Into Beating Heart Cells…
World Mar 09 Watch Fukushima Survivor: ‘I’ve Hardly Smiled This Whole Year’ Carl Pillitteri was one of 38 Americans at the Fukushima plant when the earthquake hit. Describing the "demonic" sounds he heard and the pit of fear he felt inside the turbine building that day, Pillteri recently spoke with Alex Chadwick,…
Dec 22 Watch Fearing Bioterrorism, Government Panel Asks: What Research Should Be Secret? How much research about the deadly bird flu virus should be available to the public? Ray Suarez discusses the question that many in the science, bioterrorism and national security fields are considering with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institute… Continue watching
Jun 30 Conversation: Werner Herzog By Arts Desk In 1982 in the Peruvian jungle, Werner Herzog was making a film about an opera fanatic who would do anything to bring music to his remote city: Fitzcarraldo and his small crew face deadly river rapids, indigenous tribes with spears… Continue reading
Jun 19 Forum: Submit Questions for Werner Herzog By Arts Desk Due out at the end of the month is "Conquest of the Useless," a collection of Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo" journals (or, as he describes them in the book's preface, "inner landscapes, born of the delirium of the jungle.")… Continue reading