Mar 29 Swarms of Cicadas to Invade Eastern U.S. If you live along the mid-Atlantic from North Carolina to Connecticut, get ready to witness the loud and "spectacular" mating ritual of the cicadas. Photo by Michael Raupp. Sometime around Memorial Day, in the declining hours of daylight, swarms… Continue reading
Mar 29 ACLU, Congress Await Obama's Next Action on Overseas Drone Strikes A MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft, operated by U.S. Air Force is one of the types of drones used to attack terror suspects. Questions about the authorization of their use by President Obama remain unanswered. Photo by REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Lt… Continue reading
Mar 29 Veterans Voice Frustration Over Benefits Backlog to VA Secretary Shinseki EmbedVideo(6082, 482, 304); Watch PBS NewsHour's extended interview with three Iraq and Afghanistan Army veterans who see the claims backlog as a systemic problem. Sgt. Rachel McNeill and Staff Sgt. Zach McIlwain are veterans of the Iraq War. Capt. Continue reading
Mar 29 How a Doctor Discovered U.S. Walls Were Poisonous By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column on the PBS NewsHour website, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine. Above: A child with high levels of lead in her blood stands next to a peeling lead paint… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Generation of Tech-Savvy Toddlers Go for Tablets Over Teddy Bears Generation of Tech-Savvy Toddlers Go for Tablets Over Teddy Bears… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch In School, Babies Teach Older Children to Consider Feelings and Needs of Others In School, Babies Teach Older Children to Consider Feelings and Needs of Others… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch Faith and Morality Play Major Roles in Debate on Gay Marriage Faith and Morality Play Major Roles in Debate on Gay Marriage… Continue watching
Mar 28 Create a Science Rhyme to Win a Shout-Out From Wu-Tang Clan's GZA EmbedVideo(6066, 482, 304); Teachers in New York are using rap to teach complex science. PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez reports on the effectiveness of this strategy and interviews hip-hop legend GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan. In his upcoming… Continue reading
Mar 28 Will 'Sea Change' in Public Opinion Matter in Same-Sex Marriage Ruling? It isn't often that the country stops what it's doing as long as it did this week to pay attention to a Supreme Court argument -- in this case, to two of them, both with the potential to shake up… Continue reading
Mar 28 A Man and a Baby Walk Into a Classroom Andy Haner and daughter Emory visit a third grade classroom at Olympic Hills Elementary School outside of Seattle, Washington. Photo By Mike Fritz/PBS NewsHour. SEATTLE -- It's not unusual to see babies while walking around Olympic Hills Elementary School… Continue reading