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Inupiat Eskimos have built a way of life around subsistence hunting
and fishing in their native land of northern Alaska. However, Arctic
ice melt and rising sea temperatures are now threatening their
traditional lifestyle.
Today's News, Tomorrow's Lesson - September 18, 2013
Allison McCartney for PBS
NewsHour
ExtraGlaciers in the Arctic are now melting at a faster pace than they
were only a few years ago, damaging wildlife habitats and opening up
potentially dangerous new shipping lanes.
Today's News, Tomorrow's Lesson - September 4, 2013
Darren Evans
Sleeping can help boost the brain's ability to repair itself,
according to new research.
Scientists have found that sleep increases the production of special
cells that produce myelin, an insulation material that protects the
brain and spinal cord.
The findings hint at how sleep, or lack of it, might repair or
damage the brain. It is also hoped they will offer insights into the
link between sleep patterns and the symptoms of multiple sclerosis
(MS), a disease that damages myelin.
Today's News, Tomorrow's Lesson - 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
In Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. made a
speech, during which he uttered four words that were to become forever
symbolically linked with the civil rights movement: “I have a dream.”
This year marks 50 years since that speech, which was made as part
of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The original
event attracted an estimated 250,000 people, who descended on the
nation’s capital to protest joblessness, discrimination and economic
inequalities faced by African Americans.
Today's News, Tomorrow's Lesson - World Orangutan Day
Darren Evans
Over the last two decades the world’s orangutan population has
declined by more than 50 per cent.
Despite being one of the most intelligent primate species on Earth,
the orangutan is now endangered, mainly due to poaching, the illegal
pet trade and loss of habitat.
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce birth of son - Today's news, tomorrow's lesson - July 23, 2013
A future king of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms has been born in London’s St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby – 8lb 6oz – at 4.24pm GMT on Monday July 22. Two days later, on July 24, it was announced that the baby's name would be George Alexander Louis.
Read MoreNot Guilty Verdict and Reaction to the Zimmerman - Martin Case - Today's New, Tomorrow's Lesson July 17, 2013
Peaceful protests following 'not guilty' verdict in Zimmerman-Martin case
George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed, African-American teenager, has been found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Dog-sized discovery could be oldest dinosaur yet - Today's news, tomorrow's lesson - May 8, 2013
Scientists in Canada have unearthed a new species of dinosaur that they believe is the oldest in North America and possibly the world. The dog-sized herbivore was discovered in southern Alberta and is thought to have roamed the plains of the newly formed continent around 85 million years ago.
Read MoreThe world’s newest, smallest film star: an atom - Today's news, tomorrow's lesson - May 2, 2013
The research arm of technology giant IBM has unveiled the “world’s smallest movie," an animation made using one of the tiniest constituent parts of the universe, the atom.A Boy and his Atom depicts a boy who meets a single atomic particle, which dances with him, allows him to play catch and forms a trampoline for him to jump on.
Read MoreMillions prepare to switch off for Earth Day - Today's news, tomorrow's lesson - April 22, 2013
More than a billion people in 192 countries are doing something to mark Earth Day this year – flying the flag for the need to save the planet.
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