At the time it was built, the 3,460-foot Brooklyn Bridge was crowned the longest suspension bridge in the world. Although it’s considered a brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, problems plagued the Brooklyn Bridge before construction even began. Learn more.
New York City events and entertainment (film, theater, art, Fleet Week, Brooklyn Bridge celebration, etc.) happening during Memorial Day Weekend.
Although he had been a member of the German SS and had used slave labor at Mittelwerk, the Nazi underground rocket facility, Wernher von Braun and his colleagues were embraced by the United States government and began working for the Army on rocket technology. Trace von Braun’s career in this interactive timeline.
A new study indicates that nearly all of the whales that currently swim the seas have evolved attributes that protect them from the bends.
The bends occurs during rapid decompression, such as when a diver resurfaces too quickly. Nitrogen bubbles form in blood vessels and in body tissues, and the consequences may be fatal. That’s [...]
This week’s Reel 13 shorts were all exercises in animation, some with political messages. You voted. Now see which short grabbed the most votes.
One of News Flash 5’s kid correspondents, Nicholas, age 10, presents a compelling argument for continuing to teach fractions in school…(if you’re not familiar with the debate, see a see news story on the opposite side of the debate, a professor calling for the elimination of fraction instruction.)
New York City is the source for the quintessentially American traits of capitalism, ethnic tolerance, free speech, and reliance on lawyers and lawsuits. Yet the New York legacy generally goes unrecognized. How did New York come to have such a formative influence on the United States? And how did it manage to do so without [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assesses the fight between Senators Obama and Clinton, the racial, economic and gender divisions in the party, and the Democrats’ legislative battle to end the war Iraq. See the full report on NewsHour.
This Saturday’s Reel 13 Indie movie (airs at 11:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 24) is not about music per se, but director and star Matt Dillon loaded his soundtrack with rare Cambodian music from the 60s and 70s, from stars of the day. Read more…
How much do you love your dog? A California-based biotech startup is banking that for some pet owners the bond they share with their dog is worth a $100,000 bid on the chance to clone it.
