Nov 15 A Tale of Two Camps: Syrian Refugees Inside and Outside Turkey’s Border By Margaret Warner Click on map for larger version. YAYLADAGI, Turkey -- It's a brilliant fall morning in Yayladagi #1, a refugee camp on the grounds of a former tobacco processing factory in southern Turkey. We're just three miles from… Continue reading
Nov 15 ‘I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead’ … And Other Myths How much sleep do we need? Can we cram the proverbial eight hours into six? Miles O'Brien will tackle these questions on tonight's NewsHour broadcast. But first, we take you behind the scenes and into the water for today's Science… Continue reading
Nov 13 Turks Can’t Escape Syria Conflict, Looking to World for Help By Margaret Warner Photo of Inci Altinok (left) and her friend by freelance photographer Sebastian Rich. ANTAKYA, Turkey -- It's late Monday night, and we're walking down a cobblestone street in the oldest part of this centuries-old city. This is Antakya -- known… Continue reading
Nov 08 Satellites, Supercomputers and the Challenge of Forecasting Storms EmbedVideo(4936, 482, 304); Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, explains the unique challenges of tracking Hurricane Sandy. Update: 6:15 p.m. ET | As Superstorm Sandy barreled its way west from… Continue reading
Nov 01 In Maine, Bath Salts Blamed for Rising Child Neglect State officials in Maine are blaming a sharp rise in the number of children entering state custody on bath salts, a dangerous class of synthetic drugs. An additional 200 children entered the state's foster care system due… Continue reading
Oct 25 How Grandmothers Gave Us Longer Lives Photo by Susan Smith via Flickr. Humans may have developed our long life spans as a result of nature's first babysitters: grandmothers. A new study published in the Proceedings of Royal Society B on Wednesday uses a… Continue reading
Oct 18 Early Triassic’s Stifling Heat Made Earth Hostile to Life, Scientists Say Researchers used fossils like this of Early Triassic conodonts, an eel-like marine animal, for oxygen isotope measurement and past temperature reconstruction. Image by Yadong Sun. Some 250 million years ago, the oceans teemed with mollusks, clams, blue-green algae… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch What Happens to a Dream ‘Betrayed?’ Authors Blame Trade for Middle Class Demise What Happens to a Dream 'Betrayed?' Authors Blame Trade for Middle Class Demise… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch Political Polls, Professors and Election Markets Predict the Presidential Race Political Polls, Professors and Election Markets Predict the Presidential Race… Continue watching
Oct 11 Spider-Math and Bat-Physics: Science in a Superhero World EmbedVideo(4694, 482, 304); Toward the end of "The Amazing Spider-Man", Peter Parker saves a small child trapped in a car as the car is tossed from New York City's Williamsburg Bridge by the movie's villain, the… Continue reading