Inside Thirteen blogger: Andrew Yamato, Outreach Producer, Life After Broadcast
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May 16th, 2008 at 11:13 am
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May 16th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Thirteen and The New York Botanical Garden are giving away 5 Family Packs of tickets to Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure, which explores the story of Darwin’s botanical influences and his research. Tune-in to Thirteen for New York Voices, Tue. May 20 at 10:30pm for a special behind the scenes tour of Darwin’s Garden.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:29 am
The NYBG, located in the Bronx, opened it’s Pfizer Plant Research Lab in the spring of 2006. Soon after, NY Voices did an episode on the lab, interviewing three researchers about the goals, projects and archives of the lab and gardens. Watch entire episode.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Nova aired this special about the origins of flowers a few months ago; an exploration of what they found is available online.
See a slideshow of Chinese exports–flowers, …
May 16th, 2008 at 10:52 am
For many people, a backyard garden is a place to play, relax, and reflect. But for the plants and animals that live in our gardens, life is no picnic: amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world of hot romance, violence, and merciless competition.
A Walk Through...
May 16th, 2008 at 10:51 am
From New York’s crown jewel, Central Park, to the nation’s first county park, take a tour of New York and the surrounding area’s noteworthy parks.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:43 am
During the past century, the rhinos of Africa and Asia have been pushed out of their habitats and hunted nearly to extinction for their horns, which are believed — erroneously — to possess healing properties.
May 16th, 2008 at 10:37 am
No flowering plant has captured the attention of humans, or stirred their passions, in quite the way that orchids have. In past ages, orchids — in all their 20,000 or so wild varieties — have been hunted and collected in almost every part of the world. Today, millions of people remain devoted to the plant and its exotically beautiful “faces.”
May 15th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Add another risk factor to the litany of health problems associated with fossil fuel emissions: blood clots.
May 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
So far we’ve only brought you bad news about the state of New York’s urban hawks. But today we’re pleased to report (h/t Urban Hawks - with pics) that raptor watchers have spotted two new chicks in the Astoria/Triborough Bridge hawk nest.
WWII in NY, Through the Eyes of Teens Past and Present
Satyagraha Forum: The Poetry of Peace and Politics
Is poetry inevitably political? Can language provoke peace? Spearheaded by Anne Waldman, a founder and current Director of the Jack...
Fifth Grade Class Trip to Gettysburg
I was recently a chaperone on my son’s overnight fifth-grade school trip to Gettysburg. It was a chance to go...
