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In 2020, Bill Whitaker first reported on the company BlueDot and their computer algorithm, which was among the first to detect the COVID-19 outbreak, tracking where the virus might spread next.
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In 2020, Bill Whitaker first reported on the company BlueDot and their computer algorithm, which was among the first to detect the COVID-19 outbreak, tracking where the virus might spread next.
60 Minutes' Ed Bradley met Mario Vargas Llosa in 1989, when the Peruvian author was running for president of Peru. The prolific novelist, who later went on to win the Nobel Prize, has died at the age of 89.
In 1983, 60 Minutes' Harry Reasoner visited Greenland. In this excerpt, Reasoner reported that the world's largest island spanned 840,000 square miles — which is about three times the size of Texas.
In 2023, Scott Pelley reported from northwest Syria on the volunteer efforts by the White Helmets and the Syrian American Medical Society to help survivors after devastating earthquakes.
In 2015, 60 Minutes visited the Scottish island of Islay, home to some of the world's finest single malt whisky distilleries.
In 2018, 60 Minutes reported on a medical discovery: a previously unknown brain injury found in veterans exposed to the invisible wave of energy that erupts from high explosives. The scar tissue may mean some PTSD cases are caused by physical trauma.
In 2004, 60 Minutes' Morley Safer interviewed University of Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma about his coaching style — and the secret to the team's success.
Late Friday, President Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the longtime funder of Radio Free Europe, among other media outlets. In 2023, 60 Minutes reported on how Radio Free Europe had become a vital tool in an ongoing battle against disinformation and authoritarianism, especially since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Coach Bob Hurley ran one of the most successful programs in high school basketball. St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, NJ, won dozens of state championships before closing in 2017, but Hurley told 60 Minutes in 2011 that his biggest accomplishment was that only two of his players — in 39 years — didn’t go to college.
Half of the world's refugees are children, yet only 2% of all refugee funding goes to education. In 2019, 60 Minutes reported on a new "Sesame Street" program designed to help refugee children cope with trauma and toxic stress.
First, a report on what's next for AI at Google DeepMind. And, a look at how egg freezing offers options for women, despite the cost and concerns.
At Google DeepMind, researchers are chasing what's called artificial general intelligence: a silicon intellect as versatile as a human's, but with superhuman speed and knowledge.
Demand for egg freezing has skyrocketed as women put fertility on hold. The costly procedure has brought happy endings to some women, but it doesn't offer any guarantees.
Demand for egg freezing has skyrocketed as women put fertility on hold. The costly procedure has brought happy endings to some women, but it doesn’t offer any guarantees.
At Google DeepMind, researchers are chasing what’s called artificial general intelligence: a silicon intellect as versatile as a human's, but with superhuman speed and knowledge.
First, a look at what went into finding Argentina's "death flight" plane. Then, a report on babies stolen during Argentina's dictatorship. And, John Oliver: The 60 Minutes Interview.
In 1978, during Argentina's dictatorship, a pregnant woman was kept alive at a death camp only long enough to give birth. Her family spent decades searching for her stolen baby.
John Oliver has been unleashing his searing, satirical take on the U.S., his adopted homeland, for years. The comedian plans to continue for "as long as America has systemic problems."
Argentines are unraveling what happened under the country's ruthless dictatorship decades ago. One investigation led to a "death flight" plane, used to throw citizens to their deaths.
John Oliver has been unleashing his searing, satirical take on the U.S., his adopted homeland, for years. The comedian plans to continue for "as long as America has systemic problems."