Dec 20 Slide Show: Scenes From Morocco By Talea Miller The NewsHour's Morocco series starts Wednesday with a report on government reforms brought on by the Arab Spring unrest. Learn more about this fascinating country, its culture and challenges in the slide show above. You can also read a… Continue reading
Dec 20 Scenes From Morocco: A Nation in Flux By Talea Miller Morocco is a conservative, mostly Muslim country whose king has taken on voluntary political reforms in the wake of the Arab Spring. Continue reading
Dec 15 Asteroid Vesta Revealed By Jenny Marder On December 12, Dawn maneuvered into its closest orbit yet around giant asteroid Vesta. The spacecraft is now circling Vesta at an altitude of about 130 miles. Since NASA's spacecraft dawn snapped into orbit around the object, it has been… Continue reading
Dec 14 10 Congolese Youth on Why They Voted – or Didn’t By Extra DA Congolese youth share their views about why they voted in December 2011 elections and whether or not they felt it mattered. Continue reading
Dec 09 Weather’s Dozen: 2011 Breaks U.S. Billion-Dollar Disaster Record By Elizabeth Shell Between fires, twisters, hurricanes, droughts and floods, 2011 has been Mother Nature's most continuously whopping year for the United States. Data released by NOAA now counts a record of 12 disasters passing the $1 billion mark in 2011 -- smashing… Continue reading
Dec 08 Science, Skin Deep By Jenny Marder Carl Zimmer's latest book, "Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed," includes a virtual gallery of science-inspired tattoos, the stories of the scientists behind the ink and the science behind the stories. Here is a sample from his book. Continue reading
Dec 08 White House Pets During the Holidays By Larisa Epatko From Bo lookalikes planted around the White House, to one of the Fords' puppies snacking on an ornament, view photos of the White House pets through the years at holiday time. Continue reading
Dec 08 ‘Crime Unseen’ at the Museum of Contemporary Photography By Tom LeGro In "Crime Unseen" at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, artists look at crime and violence through the lens of a camera. Continue reading
Dec 01 ‘Harry Callahan at 100’ at the National Gallery of Art By Tom LeGro Harry Callahan was one of the most innovative and influential photographers of the 20th century. On the centennial of his birth, an exhibition of his work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., explores his work. Continue reading
Nov 28 Occupy DC’s ‘Roving Kabaret’ By Elizabeth Shell Occupy DC recently hosted a "Roving Kabaret" ("K" as in K Street, which is where the organization has set up tents) that toured places around Washington, D.C., with historical significance to workers' rights movements. At each spot, organizers explained its… Continue reading