Supermassive Galaxy Cluster Spewing Massive Number of Stars
This artist's impression shows the Phoenix galaxy cluster, with hot gas shown in red, cooler gas in blue, the gas flows shown by the ribbon-like features, and the newly formed stars also in blue, in the outer part of…
Fracking: What is it, and Is it Safe?
Workers lay a section of gas pipeline outside the town of Waynesburg, PA in April 2012. It is estimated that more than 500 trillion cubic feet of shale gas is contained in this stretch of rock that runs through…
Climate Change Strikes Especially Hard Blow to Native Americans
// On Thursday's NewsHour, NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan moderated a panel discussion on how Native American tribes are coping with climate change. The panel included four native leaders representing their communities at the First Stewards symposium: Jeff Mears…
Physicists Announce Evidence of Higgs-Like Particle
Updated: 11:40 a.m. ET | Here's a look at Wednesday's exciting announcement from CERN. Plus, we've included a sampling of visual primers from various media outlets to help explain the Higgs boson, what it is, why it's been so…
Now this is a story all about how... we tell stories. Whether it's the Fresh Prince's fights on a Philadelphia playground or the struggles of Odysseus at sea, stories have always captivated our attention, and narrative…
This week's horrific violence in Syria may have nudged Russia a little bit closer to opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime's continued claim to power there, according to analysts who have recently visited Russia. Last week's massacre in Houla,…
After our colleagues at "Need to Know" aired this report last month on the violent death of a man on the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago, 16 members of Congress said Thursday that the footage…
Think you understand climate science better than the average American teen? On the PBS NewsHour this week we've been focusing on how climate change is taught in the classroom. But you can test your knowledge with this climate quiz:…
Virginia's State Capitol in Richmond; Creative Commons photo courtesy Flickr user absentmindedprof. This report is part of our ongoing Divided by D.C. project, exploring 2 Governors, 2 Visions, 1 Election Year. Almost three weeks into a General…
