“Lord’s Children” follows three former child soldiers in Uganda who escape from the bush and try to put their lives back together. Watch entire episode online.
For the fourth consecutive quarter, the struggling mortgage giant posts a big loss. Read the latest news on Freddie and watch the extended version of Darren Gersh’s interview with the company’s chief executive Richard Syron.
Aging: the “longevity gene”
Space Elevator: 22,000-miles-high
Mayan Ruins: pinpointed by satellite
Profile: Bonnie Bassler – how bacteria “talk”
This is your chance to ask Maria about her career and the stories she’s covered. PBS Engage will ask Maria 5 questions from the ones submitted by you. They’ll post the Q&A within a few weeks. Ask here…
The Christian Science Church teaches that physical affliction can be healed through spiritual means rather than medical procedures. Some Christian Science practitioners, as they are known (rather than doctors), still treat large numbers of people. Watch the report here.
In the spring of 1943, Allied forces to begin preparations for a top secret Allied raid. Each aircraft carried a top-secret weapon — a newly-invented bouncing bomb — designed to shatter Germany’s major dams. Watch episode online.
Earlier this week, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the discovery of 125,000 lowland gorillas in the northern part of the Republic of Congo. NewsHour spoke to WCS CEO Steven Sanderson. Read or watch the interview…
Most people press flowers between the pages of books. Artist Mark Dion prefers seaweed, and as you can see in this exclusive Art21 video, the effect can be stunning.
“‘The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s” weaves together the history and biology of the disease, the intense real-world experiences of Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers, and the race to find a cure, and is watchable in it’s entirety online, or on the air tonight, Wed. 8/6 at 8pm.
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, a U.S. B-29 bomber, drops the first atomic bomb used on people over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Between the blast and the extended fallout, the disaster killed over 140,000 people. U.S. President Harry S. Truman made the decision to use the bomb rather than invade Japan to [...]
