A massive wave of Christianity has been sweeping across China in recent years. How is this new development received by the Chinese ruling party (officially atheist), how does this affect the country’s development? Watch this special report online.
Watch step by step as an artist creates a replica of a famous van Gogh painting. Can you tell the genuine article from the forgery?
Stand-up comic, social commentator, and pundit of the profane, George Carlin died on Sunday, June 22 at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. His publicist said the cause of death was heart failure. Watch an interview he did a few years ago and read more about his work.
Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund, has developed a reputation as “the environmentalist business can work with.” Last week, he sat down with Charlie Rose to discusses all things carbon.
On June 26, the Fuller exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art, “Starting with the Universe” opens. See clips and read more about this engineering visionary.
A look at Raul Castro’s latest reforms and the future of U.S.-Cuba relations
A short film about tensions in the Pakistani-Indian disputed territory of Kashmir
A fresh take on the human impact of China’s Three Gorges Dam project
President Bush called on Congress to lift a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Two days earlier, Sen. John McCain had asked for the same thing. Read more about the issue.
Forest fires are a scourge on human settlement, but essential to the vitality of many natural regions around the world. One of these is particularly close to the NYC area, the Pine Barrens, a collection of swamp and scrublands scattered across New Jersey. See scientists talk about the particular conditions in this video:
Anyone following this year’s Democratic Presidential Primaries could recall those in 1980. Similarly to today, During the primaries, the losing but high-profile candidate refused to quit despite odds against their success in securing the candidacy. But in 1980, the losing candidate, Ted Kennedy, took his case all the way to the convention.
Asa Ames is a mysterious figure who died from consumption when he was only 27 years old. But he immortalized family members and neighbors in a legacy of twelve three-dimensional portraits now displayed at the American Folk Art Museum through 9/14/2008. Watch a video about Ames….
