World Jul 21 The world is striving to fully adopt clean energy. Will we succeed in time? By Miles O'Brien
Politics Jan 11 Watch 8:56 Obama’s ‘bold, yet fragile’ climate legacy President Obama is passionate, and vocal, about combating climate change. As his tenure draws to a close, science correspondent Miles O’Brien reviews the administration's environmental policy -- from the 2009 “cap-and-trade” climate bill, to the 2015 Paris accord, to executive… By PBS NewsHour
Science Dec 21 Watch 8:42 The sacred and the scientific clash on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea Over a thousand years ago, Polynesians followed the stars in the Mauna Kea sky on their path to Hawaii. Those stars are now of interest to astronomers, who believe the mountain's summit is the perfect spot to build a giant,… By PBS NewsHour
Nation Dec 12 Landing an airplane with John Glenn as my copilot On May 17, 2006, PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien got the chance to fly with his boyhood hero, astronaut and pilot John Glenn, for a story he was working on about the future of aviation. By News Desk
Science Dec 08 Watch 10:30 Remembering John Glenn, space pioneer and American statesman Former astronaut and senator John Glenn has died at age 95. In every chapter of his life, whether on Earth or above it, Glenn accumulated achievements -- serving as a Marine fighter pilot in two wars and later launching into… By PBS NewsHour
Oct 05 Watch 5:46 The amazing, complicated science of the Nobel winners explained By PBS NewsHour A trio of scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating some of the world’s tiniest machines. Their nanorobots use extremely controlled movements to perform tasks that the creators hope will one day be useful in the world of… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 5:29 Four light years away, a planet may be hospitable to life By PBS NewsHour Scientists have discovered a potentially habitable new world, a mere four light years away from Earth. They call the planet “Proxima B,” and it may feature characteristics that are just right for human life. Nonetheless, it has some major differences… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 6:00 Kilauea has been erupting since 1983 — can scientists predict when it will stop? By PBS NewsHour Hawaii’s Kilauea has been erupting for over 30 years, making it the longest-flowing volcano on earth. Because of this remarkable activity, it is also currently the most researched. Geologist Mike Garcia has studied Kilauea for decades and believes that analyzing… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 9:20 Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment By PBS NewsHour Lenny and Amy’s 5-year-old son has epilepsy. When conventional medications caused terrible side effects, they started giving him a daily drop of cannabis oil, with dramatic results. But it’s a calculated risk: While there is anecdotal evidence of cannabis’ effectiveness,… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 5:52 NASA scientists try to stop space fires — by setting them By PBS NewsHour Confined spaces, low gravity and high concentrations of oxygen mean any unexpected fire on a space station could well be a death sentence, especially since fire extinguishers aren’t very effective away from Earth. So NASA scientists are trying to develop… Continue watching