May 14 The Day Doctors Began to Conquer Smallpox By Dr. Howard Markel Sixteenth century Aztec drawing of smallpox victims. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. One of the most celebrated medical anniversaries concerns a country doctor named Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who lived in the tiny village of Berkeley in Gloucestershire, Great Britain. Like… Continue reading
May 14 Commander Hadfield Reports to Ground Control Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs David Bowie's "Space Oddity" in microgravity. Commander Chris Hadfield is a great many things: a photographer, an educator, a social media maven -- did I forget to mention astronaut? And it's with great delight… Continue reading
May 14 How Sequestration Could Affect US Flood-Warning System Oregon and Idaho each had to shut down three water gauges due to automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration. Watch how Idaho relies on these water gauges, from tracking drought conditions to determining stream levels for salmon. Video… Continue reading
May 14 Obama Ponders Time Left in Office as Probes Pile Up President Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House Monday night after arriving from New York City where he attended two Democratic fundraisers. Photo by Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images. "My intentions over the next three-and-a-half years are… Continue reading
May 14 Watch Justice Department Seized AP Phone Records to Track Government Leaks The Justice Department secretly subpoenaed phone records of Associated Press journalists during two months in 2012. The AP was notified that records had been secretly seized for more than 20 of its phone lines, possibly to track government leaks of… Continue watching
May 13 Watch Inside the Landmark Genocide Conviction of Guatemala’s Efraín Ríos Montt Inside the Landmark Genocide Conviction of Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt… Continue watching
May 13 Watch Voters in Pakistan Surprise Pundits, Pick ‘Traditional Choice’ in Sharif Voters in Pakistan Surprise Pundits, Pick 'Traditional Choice' Sharif… Continue watching
May 13 Watch Supreme Court Unanimously Rules to Uphold Monsanto’s Soybean Patent Supreme Court Unanimously Rules to Uphold Monsanto's Soybean Patent… Continue watching
May 13 Watch Philadelphia Abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell Guilty of First-Degree Murder Philadelphia Abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell Guilty of First-Degree Murder… Continue watching
May 13 Watch Understanding Tax Law Behind Reports IRS Engaged in Political Targeting Understanding Tax Law Behind Reports IRS Engaged in Political Targeting… Continue watching