DNA

April 16, 2018: Over the weekend, a U.S.-led coalition, involving the assistance of Britain and France, executed airstrikes against three Syrian targets believed to be related to the country’s chemical weapons program. The strikes were intended as a warning against further use of chemical agents by the Assad regime. But in Damascus the morning after the strikes, Syrian propaganda was in full force with pro-Assad demonstrators in the streets celebrating the limited assault. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told reporters he was in a good mood as he met with Russian officials. The Takeaway looks at the United States’s ongoing commitment to Syrian intervention. Plus, we re-examine Oklahoma’s 1990 teachers strikes; a look at mail-order genetic testing services; and a new novel imagines the killing of a young black boy at the hands of a police officer.

Jan. 18, 2018: A massive pool of genetic information, 1 million strong: That’s the goal of a new initiative from the National Institutes of Health, called “All of Us.” The Takeaway talks to the director of the NIH about the project, plus a look at the growing fight over immigration in Congress; humanitarian crises in Yemen and Myanmar; and a how the Trump Administration is rethinking America’s nuclear strategy. 

September 15th, 2016:

1. What Good Is a Naval Base That’s Underwater? (10 min.)

2. Detroit: Growing For Some, Not All (6 min.)

3. The Unregulated Databases of Local DNA (17 min.)

4. U.S. Chief Technology Officer on Future of Digital Government (7 min.)