Apr 24 Creating a Whole New Planet for Math and Science As part of an ongoing web series, NewsHour profiles STEM teachers who have found innovative ways to teach their students about math and science. EmbedVideo(6298, 482, 304); Video by Rebecca Jacobson and Cindy Huang. Jerriel Hall meets his 23… Continue reading
Apr 18 Two Earth-Sized Planets with Earth-Like Temperatures Discovered by Kepler The artist's concept depicts Kepler-62e, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a star smaller and cooler than the sun, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Photo by NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech. Two Earth-sized planets with… Continue reading
Apr 18 Gun Control Advocates Lose ‘Round One’ President Obama and Vice President Biden meet with families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings at the White House before delivering remarks on the Senate's failure to pass a plan to expand background checks. Official… Continue reading
Apr 17 Watch Amendments for Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban Fail in Senate Senate Rejects Amendments for Background Checks and Assault Weapons Ban… Continue watching
Apr 17 Science of Light Diffusion Brings Gollum to Life EmbedVideo(6222, 482, 304); Watch Visual Effects artist Joe Letteri explain how the science of light diffusion made digital characters more realistic. It was near midnight in the winter of 1998 when computer graphics researcher Henrik Jensen made… Continue reading
Apr 17 Manchin-Toomey Deal on Background Checks Facing Uphill Climb Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband Mark Kelly arrive at the Capitol Tuesday with Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call. Emotional appeals. A tense week on Capitol… Continue reading
Apr 15 Artists Wield Chalk as Weapon Against Gun Violence By Tom LeGro About 100 artists and activists organized by the group Art=Ammo participated in a flash-mob style performance against gun violence at the Lincoln Memorial. Continue reading
Apr 12 Vicious Sea Creature Sees in Dazzling Color A mantis shrimp peers from its burrow in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea. Photo by David Doubilet/ National Geographic/ Getty Images. We're a little late to the party here, but if you haven't yet read this comic… Continue reading
Apr 12 With Procedural Hurdle Cleared, Senate Begins Gun Debate Gary Lampert of National Armory gun store in Pompano Beach, Fla., helps Cristiana Verro choose a firearm. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Gun control advocates hailed Thursday's Senate vote allowing debate to move forward on a sweeping package… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Senate Blocks Attempt to Prevent Debate on Gun Legislation With families of the Newtown shooting victims looking on, Congress moved closer to coming up with a comprehensive bill for reducing gun violence. The Senate blocked an attempt to prevent debate on the subject. Judy Woodruff reports on what measures… Continue watching