Antarctica. On the surface, it’s the bleakest of lands, with ferocious winds, flightless birds, and enough ice to flood half the planet’s population if it were to melt. But below that frozen mass, a fantastic environment of indescribable beauty teems with life. Watch the full episode…
Looking back over these past few months, the program art:21 has featured several 2008 exhibitions by artists such as Eleanor Antin, Kerry James Marshall, Josiah McElheny, and Gabriel Orozco. Watch them all in one place…
NewsHour, NOW, Expose, and Worldfocus are teaming up to present a series of reports on the state of different parts of America’s infrastructure, including highways, levees, power grid, water systems, airports, ports, and more. The first report, with Ray Suarez on New Orleans’ port system, is watchable now.
John McCain and Barack Obama–where do they stand on corporate taxes? Will their positions hold up after the U.S. is forced to spend billions of dollars on the current …
Charlie Rose interviews Hank Greenberg, former chairman and CEO of American International Group (AIG), the world’s largest insurance and financial services corporation. AIG has been saved with an $85 billion injection of taxpayer money, joining Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under the U.S. government’s control.
In 1985, one of the greatest treasure discoveries was made off the Florida Keys, when the wreck of the Spanish ship Atocha was found. History Detectives translates 300-year-old documents from the archives of the Spanish treasury in Seville to crack a unique code of communication among ship captains of that era. Watch. (Originally aired: Season 5, Episode 4).
35 years after Roe v. Wade, the right to choose is still a volatile political issue in the presidential campaign. Republicans continue to emphasize the issue since it appeals to their voter base, particularly with the selection of Sarah Palin, who is against abortion even in cases of rape and incest. Watch story. (Originally aired: 9/12/2008).
Tonight, Sept. 18, with a look back at the first 999….includes interview segments taped with Coretta Scott King, Prince, Dustin Hoffman and Harry Belafonte. Read more about tonight’s show (airs at midnight, 9/18). Watch Tavis’ videoblog about the occasion:
Three separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle — creating stem cells without the use of human embryos. Download a video (88.18 MB) about this scientific feat from NOVA ScienceNow.
The NewsHour special, Debating our Destiny II, that aired in September on Thirteen, is now watchable online. This special (part I aired in 2000) looks at the critical role that the debates have played in the election process for the last 48 years. Watch now.
