Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and WNET.ORG jointly announce that a street-level, glass-walled production facility and television studio will open spring 2009 on the Lincoln Center campus, at the corner of Broadway and 66th Street. Read more….

* Al-Qaeda attacks Barack Obama with racist slur
* Windpipe transplant breakthrough uses stem cells
* Whose Europe?: illegal immigration in Italy
* The impact of threatened polar bears on native peoples
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NOVA takes viewers on a fascinating scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago. The 2-hour film presents the latest archeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. Watch now.

Miriam Makeba passed away on Nov. 10. We unearthed a 1972 episode of the show ‘Soul!’ from the WNET archives, including a number of songs performed by Makeba, an in-depth interview with her about her political activities, and a little about her then-husband, Black Panther Stokely Carmichael. Watch…

When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers, some whom have killed and some who have said no, reveal their inner moral dilemmas. You can watch the film online on P.O.V. until November 30th.

Senators Debate Bailout for Domestic Automakers

Lieberman Vote May Signal Greater Bipartisanship

Report Concludes Gulf War Syndrome is Real

Online registration is now open for next year’s Celebration, to take place March 6-7 2009 in NYC, and view the list of scheduled speakers, which includes Alan Alda, Temple Grandin, Sir Kenneth Robinson and more.

Denis Belliveau and Francis O’Donnell took a wild idea – retrace Marco Polo’s entire 25,000-mile, land-and-sea route from Venice to China and back – and spent two incredible years of their lives filming the trip. Watch full documentary. (airs on Thirteen on Dec. 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm).