A recent survey by Penn State researchers of high school science teachers yielded the surprising results that an estimated 16% in the U.S. believe in creationism. With this large a number potentially spreading creationist doctrine, is it any surprise that the recent documentary ‘Expelled‘, about those who study the concept of intelligent design is so [...]
Adirondacks, a documentary about the region, airs May 22 at 9pm on Thirteen. Do you have nature, vacation, or home photos from the upper NY state area? Tag your flickr photos with “13adirondacks” and be added to our slideshow here:
Wednesday night, Thirteen aired a special documentary and roundtable panel discussion on the topic of depression, with stories of those afflicted; discusson on solutions to the blues. See all related posts. If you missed it, the special will rebroadcast Saturday afternoon, May 24 at 4pm, and Sunday night, May 25 at 1am.
The last plaintiff in the historic Brown v. Board of Education case has died at 88. Zelma Henderson died Tuesday in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the Associated Press reported today.
Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in public schools, is arguably one of the most important Supreme Court [...]
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At the end of World War II, undercover agents from the US and the Soviet Union engaged in a desperate race against one another to capture Hitler’s elite scientists and cutting edge technology. Now you can join the chase by watching the full episode of Secrets of the Dead.
On May 19, 1935, British soldier T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as “Lawrence of Arabia,” died in England, six days after being injured in a motorcycle crash. Read more about Lawrence on the site of a PBS doc from 2003:
Albright, 71 today, engaged Tavis Smiley and Charlie Rose in recent interviews, discussing the advice she’d give Hillary Clinton, and her new book, “Memo To The President Elect”….
Thirteen is offering one of it’s programs captioned for the hearing impaired… online! The film Rolling produced for public television with Thirteen is now offering the full film online with captions and other accessible media features.
This 2-hour program, produced by David Brashears, traces the steps of the ill-fated 1996 Everest expeditions, in which 5 climbers died. Brashears takes a ‘Rashomon’-esque approach to the retelling of the tale, interviewing most of the survivors of the expeditions. See Frontline:
