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
Dec 12 Watch Science and Politics Behind North Korea's Long-Range Missile Test Science and Politics Behind North Korea's Long-Range Missile Test… Continue watching
Dec 12 Norquist Anti-Tax Pledge Plays Starring Role in Fiscal Debate Rep.-elect Ted Yoho has pledged allegiance to the United States, his wife of 38 years and, during his successful run for Florida's 3rd congressional district, that he wouldn't become a career politician, saying he would serve no more than four… Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch As Syrian Rebels Receive Endorsement, Will They Also Get Military Assistance? As Syrian Rebels Receive Endorsement, Will They Also Get Military Assistance?… Continue watching
Dec 12 Judy's Notebook: Engaging Women and Young Voters Was Key for Obama Camp Elections are endlessly fascinating because of the questions they pose about why voters vote the way they do. In one of this season's numerous post-election analyses, President Obama's campaign pollster Joel Benenson makes it sound as if -- for… Continue reading
Dec 12 In Tanzania, Powering Cell Phones and Shelling Corn with a Bicycle By David Pelcyger EmbedVideo(5187, 482, 304); Jodie Wu's path to helping people in Tanzania started when she was nine years old. At that young age, the Conyers, Ga., native started working as a cashier and hostess in her parents' Chinese restaurant. Continue reading