Dec 14 Gwen’s Take: If Women Ruled the World Maine Republican Susan Collins and 18 other members of the United States Senate gathered for a kind of celebratory interview the other day. Their inquisitor was ABC's Diane Sawyer, who invited the sitting and incoming members of the vaunted… Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction Scientists Say Bottoms Up to Find the Connection Between Genes and Addiction… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise Lawmakers Consider Raising Medicare Age of Eligibility as Budget Compromise… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch Russian Diplomat Urges Political Deal in Syria to Avoid Unending Civil Conflict Russian Diplomat Urges Political Deal in Syria to Avoid Unending Civil Conflict… Continue watching
Dec 13 Commentary: Paying Down Credit Card Wars Photo of U.S. soldiers by AFP/Getty Images. In the months I have been plying the international think tank beat for the PBS NewsHour, I have attended scores of conferences and talks, many of them informative and stimulating, especially when… Continue reading
Dec 13 Avoiding Addiction When It’s in Your DNA To understand more about the link between addiction and genes, science correspondent Miles O'Brien drinks a mixture of 30 grams of pure ethanol and Diet Coke, the equivalent of three stiff drinks, and undergoes a series of tests. Continue reading
Dec 13 How Infections Can Trigger Cancer Veronica Alebo, a young Burkitt's lymphoma patient, has a large tumor in her abdomen. She receives treatment at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala. Photo by Jacqueline Koch. This story is part of a series, Cancer's New Battleground:… Continue reading
Dec 13 Dispatch from Athens: The Road to the Acropolis is Closed One of Athens' famous demonstrations. Photos via Twitter by Jeffrey Brown ATHENS -- I know from reading Homer: The gods were having a bit of fun with me. We had been kidding John Psaropoulos, the local producer we're working with,… Continue reading
Dec 13 Boehner Facing Scrutiny Within GOP Over Fiscal Cliff Talks House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. House Speaker John Boehner has yet to ink a deal with President Obama, but the Republican already faces an unruly, wary caucus. GOP lawmakers find themselves in a… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch Alan Simpson’s Social Media Appeal for Budget Discussion; Pope Joins Twitter Alan Simpson's Social Media Appeal for Budget Discussion; Pope Joins Twitter… Continue watching