2016: It seems like everywhere you look, there's something that's thinking for you, guessing for you, or just plain doing for you. That's the work of artificial intelligence, and contrary to popular belief, it's no longer the stuff of science fiction. So why are some experts so worried about it? For TODAY, NBC’s Olivia Sterns has the story.
TODAY continues celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with an exclusive from NBC’s Harry Smith. He sits down with Margaret Hamilton, the pioneering software programmer whose work led to the first steps on the moon.
Joseph DePasquale and Alyssa Pagan are some of the first people to see the edge of space as new images get sent back form the James Webb Space Telescope. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Harry Smith sits down with the visual developers as they work on a new photo.
A new artificial intelligence model called Clairity Breast is being used to predict a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer by using the information hidden inside a standard mammogram. In studies, Clairity's predictions were roughly 30% more accurate than traditional risk models which rely on family and personal health history. NBC’s Savannah Sellers reports for TODAY.
The Dockum Drug Store sit-in in Wichita, Kansas, hometown of TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones, charted new territory in the battle for civil rights. As TODAY launches a new series, Changemakers, at the start of Black History Month, Sheinelle talks to the participants in a fascinating, little-known piece of history.
On this 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s launch, NBC’s Harry Smith introduces Lillie Elliot, Jo Thompson and Ruth Ratledge, some of the women who hand-crafted the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore on the moon. The suit did its job, and decades later, the Smithsonian is working to preserve it.
According to a recent Syracuse University study, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are four times more likely to contract COVID-19, and twice as likely to die from it. Craig Melvin spoke to families and caregivers of people with special needs about the challenges they face. Jun 17, 2020
NBC’s Harry Smith reveals the surprising story behind a piece of mail held at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
In December, a North Korean soldier scrambled across the DMZ, the heavily guarded border that separates North and South Korea, in a bid for freedom that was caught on video. TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie visits the exact spot where the defector drove, ran and then crawled across the border, despite suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Feb 14, 2018
Astronaut Bill Anders sits down with NBC’s Harry Smith 50 years after the Apollo 8 mission to share the full story behind the now-famous "Earthrise" photo.
As TODAY’s series “Mr. Smith Goes to the Smithsonian” continues, NBC’s Harry Smith reveals the story behind a dress in the National Museum of African American History and Culture and speaks with Carlotta Walls LaNier, who wore it in 1957 when she was one of the first Black students to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. While recounting her story, she discusses the stark reality of the hatred she faced.
Organ donors Mark and Lynn Scotch get a surprise meeting live on TODAY with two of the people who their selfless donations helped save. Mark reunites with Hugh Smith and Lynn meets 2-year-old Cooper Thompson for the first time.
A 2020 study found that when a couple tries to get help for infertility, the man does not undergo any kind of fertility evaluation 25% of the time. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Savannah Sellers sits down with couples who are trying to break the stigma of male factor infertility.
50 years ago, Mary Ellen Ford witnessed the tragic moment Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in the hotel where she was working. Now, and for the very first time, Ford opens up about her extremely personal experience -- one that even her brother hadn't known for decades -- to NBC's Craig Melvin.