Mar 22 Introducing the PBS NewsHour’s Coping With Climate Change Page By Jenny Marder As global temperatures increase and weather patterns shift, the PBS NewsHour will explore how American communities are dealing with climate change. On our new Coping with Climate Change page, you'll be able to find video reports,… Continue reading
Mar 19 Facebook, Twitter Not Dominating News Landscape Just Yet The importance of using social media to promote a news organization's journalism is pretty much a given in any newsroom these days, but as popular as Facebook and Twitter are, they do not seem to be driving as much traffic… Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch News Wrap: Apple Will Pay Dividends; Romney Targets Obama in Ill. In other news Monday, Mitt Romney centered his attacks on President Obama in Springfield, Ill. The economy is improving, he said, but current policies have prevented a stronger comeback. Also, Apple, the world's most valuable company, announced it will pay… Continue watching
Mar 16 The Agony and the Dishonesty of Mike Daisey’s Apple Story Last year, performer Mike Daisey sat down with Jeff Brown for Art Beat to discuss his much-talked-about one-man show, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." It was revealed Friday that parts of Daisey's story were not true. Continue reading
Mar 08 Endangered Animals Say ‘Cheese’ for Nature Photographer EmbedVideo(2856, 482, 304); For most portrait photographers, odds that their subjects will defecate in front of them, rip their backdrops or charge at the camera tend to be low. But that's just a day's work for Joel… Continue reading
Mar 01 Coral Sex Just Got a Little More Interesting Coral eggs are rich in waxy fat, which provides energy during development, and buoyancy, helping them float to the ocean surface during spawning. Photo by Heyward & Negri, AIMS Once a year, shortly after a full moon, many… Continue reading
Feb 23 Ballots of Yore: A History Lesson in Voting Technology Last Thursday, science correspondent Miles O'Brien explored the benefits and drawbacks of online voting. If you can shop and bank online, why not vote that way, he asks. Turns out there are plenty of reasons why: so… Continue reading
Feb 16 Marine Experts Flummoxed by Mass Dolphin Strandings Scientists and volunteers respond to stranded dolphins on the shores of Cape Cod. Video by the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Since January 12, 179 dolphins have been found stranded on the sandy shores, mud flats, and shallow… Continue reading
Feb 09 Russians Drill Into Ancient Lake in Coldest Spot on Earth After decades drilling through more than two miles of ice in the coldest spot on Earth, Russian scientists announced this week that they reached their goal: a subglacial lake the size of Lake Ontario, which has been sealed off… Continue reading
Feb 02 In Earthquakes, ‘Liquefied’ Ground Can Topple Buildings, Swallow Cars A suburban street is covered with silt forced out of the ground by liquefaction on February 24, 2011 after a 6.3 earthquake devastated the city of Christchurch two days earlier. Photo by AFP/Getty Images. On Wednesday's NewsHour… Continue reading