Computer program may be able to predict crime before it happens. I am an ento entomologist. That surthat is our team and leo some science. Hi guys an welcome to techknow. And rita rear going to start with you. Your story combines two of the coolest things armed around. You mean robots and sharks. Robots and sharks. This is the coolest thing i have done and i was at the call state shark lab. And they are using a new piece of technology that is follow; is thasharks under water to revolutionize the way we are looking at science. Lets take a look at it. This is catalina island. 27 miles off the coast of los angeles. A place known for its beauty both above and below the ocean that surrounds it. Most of the dish that call these waters home go relatively unnoticed. But one spic species is impossio miss. Leopard sharks. Hundredses of them. If you are the director of the shark lab and you are trying to revolutionize the way sharks had studde studied its not a bad way to set up shop. Chris lowe
Thirteen percent of the worlds undiscovered oil and 30 percent of its untapped natural gas. Trillions of dollars of potential profit. And that means that here in the far north, issues of sovereignty security, environment, and trade are intersecting at a colossal pace, in the worlds coldest resource rush. The tiny hamlet of resolute, is busier than it has been in decades. Canadian troops are here to train in difficult and cold conditions. Its called operation nuvavut. So all the structures that we have here are the original front stucture were put together for the air force in the cold war era. With the artic ice melting, and with the mining and energy boom on the horizon. The Canadian Military is preparing for various senarios. Theres been an accident, involving two people. Injuries are unknown at this time. Today its a Rapid Reaction search and rescue exercise. With no roads, theyll have to get there by air. And uhh. Well do this as if it was a real mission. It just flew right over he
401k cuts making it worse by comments about sick kids. An aid convoy came under attack in the syrian city of homs. Today, four aid workers were injured. One truck was hit by bullets while another was hit by mortar shells. This cuts short the three day ceasefire agreed upon friday. 80 people were evacuated from the city, and many more are expected to leave throughout the week. Attacks on the civilians are on the rise in afghanistan where last year was the deadliest year for civilians since 2009. We have that story from kabul. Reporter its people like this who bleed the most in conflict. Civilians shot, blown up and battered by two warring sides. A teenager was simply standing too close to a suicidebomber last week. There was an explosion. It threw me and i was unconscious. After that i got up and was very dizzy. I fell down again and i couldnt see. Reporter hes part of a growing number of civilian casualties here. According to an u. N. Report released on friday, there was an increase ac
Ago, after a series of farc guerillas, working alongside the colombian military. They invited us to go into the mountains where people were displaced by a Paramilitary Group working in the area. Around 50 people are going to the town of rosalee, they want to give people support there because theyve been facing lots of threats. One young boy was kidnapped and a man was killed by paramilitary. Colombia has one of the largest numbers of internally displaced people in the world, nearly 6 million and its rising. Fault lines is here to find unout why. This part of colombia is isolated. Its here that the countrys 50 year war is playing out. Often unseen. The government is trying to bring an end to the fighting by negotiating with a rebel farq group but community told us that officials were ignoring the real threat. Officially, the colombian government mobilized Paramilitary Groups between 2003 and 2006. But the community told us theyre still operating. As you can see this is completely empty.
Marriage equality is about to take a big step forward in the eyes of the federal government. Tonight attorney general eric holder will announce a major policy shift for the Justice Department. Hell issue a directive granting equal status to all married couples including samesex couples. Holder is giving a speech tonight in new york where courtney has more. What is expected tonight . Reporter well, jonathan, hes expected to make news. Now, they are doing sound checks behind me so you can already tell that this is going to be quite the celebratory evening. Its a fundraiser for a known game rights organization. Now, the news that he is going to be making tonight is hes going to be announcing, the slid identification of the department of Justice Policy aimed at irradicating the discrimination of samesex couples with federal law. The three key points are under the criminal Justice System the accident samesex couples will enjoy the same legal rights as heaheterosexual couples in termf not ha