More than a decade after antiretroviral treatments for HIV first debuted, HIV mortality rates have declined dramatically and they continue to drop in countries where patients have access to the drugs. Read more…
Called, ‘MoleSafe’, it was developed in New Zealand to detect melanoma early. But the first U.S. clinic to adopt the technology is in northern NJ. Watch the story…
Carlin was interviewed on July 21, 2006, for the upcoming documentary special on the history of comedy, “Make ‘em Laugh”. Watch a few sections of that interview.
The 19th century had a love affair with the Arabic Middle East. But “Orientalism” in architecture, when processed by creative Western designers, also served as a root of modern design. Watch lecture by historian Barry Lewis.
This week, Congress held hearings on the record high prices. Daniel Yergin, Chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, was among those who testified. He sat down with Charlie Rose to discuss the oil crisis.
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama campaigned with former rival Hillary Clinton at a rally Friday in Unity, N.H., and the Supreme Court issues a week of weighty decisions. Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the week’s political news on NewsHour.
A special report on the plight and paradox of Tibetan Buddhists. They teach pacifism, but their demonstrations against the Chinese have sometimes become violent. How can they persuade the Chinese that they and the Dalai Lama are not a threat?
Eliasson talks about the Waterfalls project, how the placement of the falls reflects NYC as a whole, and more about the construction and conceptualization of the project. The interview took place on May 21, 2008 for the documentary The Waterfalls: Making Public Art, watchable in it’s entirety online.
George Church of Harvard Medical School hopes to recruit 100,000 people and sequence the DNA of each and every one. With that many genomes, combined with personal information, Church believes we’ll have a chance of getting at the root causes of common diseases and how to prevent them. Watch the video…
The New York City Department of Health announced an initiative to administer HIV tests to the estimated 250,000 untested 18- to 64-year-olds in The Bronx over the next three years.
