NPR and PBS used to justify their unjustifiable taxpayer funding by telling people that poor children would be harmed if their educational programming was cut. Then, in 2015, Sesame Street got a ...

Imagine a time when Earth was a molten, volcanic wasteland, heavily bombarded by colossal asteroids. We’ve long feared these cosmic impacts as destroyers of life, but what if they were the key to our ...

What if violent asteroid impacts actually jump-started life on Earth? Explore a dramatic theory. What if asteroids, long feared as destroyers of life, were key to our existence? Explore a ...

Why does string theory matter so much? 😳 Physicist Michio Kaku explains how this bold idea could unify the laws of physics, reshape our understanding of reality, and change how we see the universe.

In 1998, astronomers discovered dark energy. The finding, which transformed our conception of the cosmos, came with a little-known consequence: It threw a wrench into the already daunting task of ...

String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will reunite clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien to bring Brahms’ “late-style” ...

Many are wondering what lies ahead for PBS and NPR after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) voted to end its non-profit organization, meaning public broadcasting is losing millions of ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and other biological networks look the way they do. The prevailing theory held ...

The nonprofit institution that provided significant funding for PBS and NPR is disbanding after nearly 60 years in operation. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — created by Congress in 1967 — ...

Is string theory in trouble? 😵‍💫 Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the latest debates in physics, explaining the challenges and what this could mean for our understanding of the universe in this ...

We want to acknowledge a difficult change for us here at the PBS News Hour. Over the past six years, our bureau in Phoenix has provided excellent reporting from that part of the country and produced ...