Feb 22 Watch Math Wiz Adds Web Tools to Take Education to New Limits From a bedroom in the San Francisco Bay area, Salman Khan is using the Web to teach math and science to millions. Spencer Michels reports on how the non-profit Kahn Academy is providing educational materials through its free YouTube video… Continue watching
Dec 31 What Were the Science Breakthroughs of 2009? As 2009 wound to a close, the PBS NewsHour asked scientists and science journalists to discuss the most significant science stories of the year. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch In Himalayas, Evidence of 'Alarming' Glacial Melting James Mates of Independent Television News looks at the alarming rate glaciers are melting atop Mt. Everest and how that could affect the rest of the world. Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Cancer Screening Debate Reveals Risks, Benefits of Testing Newly-released guidelines on when, and how often, women should be screened for breast and cervical cancer stirred questions -- and confusion -- this week. Margaret Warner talks to health experts for insight. Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch How the Climate Changed Human Evolution NOVA explores the issue of climate change as it relates to human origins in part one of a three part series on evolution. Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch ScienceNow Looks at Rescuing the Hubble The NewsHour airs an excerpt from a NOVA ScienceNow report on efforts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch News Wrap: Supreme Court Considers Giant Cross in Mojave Desert In other news, the Supreme Court took up the separation of church and state in a case involving public lands in California, and two Americans and an Israeli received the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Continue watching
Sep 02 Scientists: More Wildfires in West a Consequence of Climate Change By Quinn Bowman Large wildfires in the western United States, such as the week-old Station Fire that has charred more than 215 square miles north of Los Angeles, have been increasing in both frequency and size in recent years. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch NOVA scienceNOW: Mysteries of Memory An excerpt of NOVA scienceNOW, which takes an in-depth look at the human brain as a neuro-anatomist dissects one into 3,000 pieces. Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Forensic Clues Aid Fight Against Ivory Trade ITN correspondent Julian Rush reports on how the science of carbon dating is being used to combat the illegal global ivory trade. Continue watching