This week, the short films competing for your vote all thwart expectations in their own ways. William Klein expounds on his unconventional aesthetic, “Methods” plays with thespian stereotypes, and “Standby” examines a moment when a mother fails her son.
In an Expose web-exclusive video, Congressman Ron Kind (D-WI), Texas farmer Ed Gangl and the investigative team at The Washington Post discuss small farmers: Image versus reality.
According to an AP report, a bald eagle named Beauty will soon be receiving an artificial beak from a team of Idaho volunteers.
Over the last two years, biologist Jane Fink Cantwell has been working to assemble a team to design and build a new beak for Beauty. The 7-year-old bald eagle lost almost all of [...]
Dr. Reuven Dukas, a biologist at McMasters University, believes that any animal with a nervous system can learn. But the ability to learn does not necessarily ensure the health and success of a species.
Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting happens every May in Omaha and draws thousands. Last year, NBR brought viewers an interview with CEO Warren Buffett. This year, Susie Gharib interviews Buffett’s three children to find out what their father taught them about money and business. See all interviews and exclusive web content.
Maude Maggart, 32, is a fast-rising singer of the Great American Songbook (and sister to pop singer Fiona Apple). Her renditions of 1920s-era songs highlight her wispy, fast vibrato. Learn more about the critically-acclaimed cabaret singer.
As the death toll from the cyclone that struck Myanmar on Saturday continues to climb, it’s important to ask: how do we monitor killer storms? Visit Savage Planet: Storms of the Century for an inside look at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Besides a few species of amphibians and reptiles, vertebrates cannot replace lost body parts. Except for deer, that is. Now, a German team of researchers say the results of their experiments support the claim that stem cells activate antler regeneration.
Just in time for the 2008 election season, Am. Ex. rolls out their 20th-century presidential documentaries online. In May, a new documentary on the life of George H.W. Bush (broadcast May 5-6), followed by docs on FDR, and Truman … in the fall, Carter, Nixon and Reagan.
Jason Margolis travels with producer Loren Mendell to the heart of rural Mexico to discover how a former schoolteacher, Pati Ruiz Corzo, is using carbon trading to preserve the Sierra Gorda Biosphere and revitalize a region.
