From Ragtime to Billy Bathgate to City of God, writer E.L. Doctorow uses historical fiction to tell the story of the American experience. On April 2007 in Washington, there was a joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society on the theme of “The Public Good: Knowledge as [...]
The 6th season of History Detectives begins Monday, June 30, 9 pm(check local listings), with a diary of a WWII pilot. Read about their new online, participatory investigations as well…
A report released by the Pentagon Friday showed growing instability in Afghanistan and a continuing rise in Taliban forces. A reporter and a regional expert size up new security threats and discuss the new report on NewsHour.
Presidential hopeful Barack Obama campaigned with former rival Hillary Clinton at a rally Friday in Unity, N.H., and the Supreme Court issues a week of weighty decisions. Analysts Mark Shields and David Brooks examine the week’s political news on NewsHour.
A special report on the plight and paradox of Tibetan Buddhists. They teach pacifism, but their demonstrations against the Chinese have sometimes become violent. How can they persuade the Chinese that they and the Dalai Lama are not a threat?
Eliasson talks about the Waterfalls project, how the placement of the falls reflects NYC as a whole, and more about the construction and conceptualization of the project. The interview took place on May 21, 2008 for the documentary The Waterfalls: Making Public Art, watchable in it’s entirety online.
George Church of Harvard Medical School hopes to recruit 100,000 people and sequence the DNA of each and every one. With that many genomes, combined with personal information, Church believes we’ll have a chance of getting at the root causes of common diseases and how to prevent them. Watch the video…
100 years ago today, the skies in a remote area of Siberia split open, and havoc rained on the earth for hundreds of miles in every direction. The Tunguska explosion is believed to be the largest impact event on land in Earth’s recent history. Read more….
The folks at the Austin City Limits blog have been shooting behind the scenes videos about the legendary music show. This week, Sara (aka Bonita Sarita) gives us a peek at Thievery Corporation fans enduring the long — and often fruitless — wait to get into the show.
Death is easy in the arts, and it sure gives you a built-in advantage when it comes to critical consideration. Comedy, on the other hand, is not only hard to do, it’s hard to get cred for — especially when it’s an opera. Read more…
