Feb 19 The Gun: a Trigger for Art By Tom LeGro A look at some of the ways the gun has been depicted in art, from movies to paintings to photographs. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch Colorado Communities Grapple With How to Address Gun Violence Colorado Communities Grapple With How to Address Gun Violence… Continue watching
Feb 18 School Shooter: ‘My Grand Plan Was Suicide by Cop’ By Jenny Marder In 2001, Andy Williams opened fire on his high school campus, killing two and wounding 13. In a recent phone call with science correspondent Miles O'Brien, he reflects on that shooting from California's Ironwood State Prison. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch After Newtown, Gun Control Debate Spurs Political Action Across the Nation After Newtown, Gun Control Debate Spurs Political Action Across the Nation… Continue watching
Feb 15 Arm Teachers or Ban Video Games? Students Debate in Google Hangout By Leah Clapman, Hari Sreenivasan The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has made many schools rethink their safety procedures. It has also sparked emotional debates about the roots of violence. To find out how the tragedy has affected young people, we… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Obama Makes Gun Control Push Personal With Visit to Hometown Chicago Obama Makes Gun Control Push Personal With Visit to Hometown Chicago… Continue watching
Feb 15 Video Games: Violent, Yes. But Do They Make Us Violent? EmbedVideo(5745, 482, 304); Psychologist Brad Bushman and public health expert Cheryl Olson weigh in on the impact of violent video games on behavior. Watch the full report on PBS NewsHour Tuesday. I remember some years back when I… Continue reading
Feb 15 Coloradans Respond to Gun Violence Those shootings, combined with the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, have spurred lawmakers in Colorado to push for an array of gun legislation, which supporters believe could prevent future violence. The PBS NewsHour spoke to a… Continue reading
Feb 08 Earliest Placental Mammal Described in Breathtaking Detail Some 65 million years ago, an asteroid possibly as big as Mount Everest plowed into the Earth, wiping about 70 percent of all species, including dinosaurs, off the planet. Why this event killed off the dinosaurs but spared other species,… Continue reading
Feb 06 Air Pollution Boosts a Child’s Chance of Getting Cockroach-Related Asthma Cockroach allergens are a major contributor to asthma, particularly in urban areas. Photo by Luis Davilla/Cover/Getty Images. In New York City's East Harlem, a startling 19 percent of 5-year-olds have asthma, according to a report from the New York… Continue reading