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May 12th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Thirteen.org Celebrates WNET Pioneers

This spring has seen the passing of two giants in the history of WNET. John Jay Iselin and James Day were collectively crucial to the development of WNET from the 1950s through the 1980s. Both former presidents of WNET, they helped define the development of public television into the medium it is today.

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The Human Spark
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Did Early Europeans Interbreed with Neanderthals?
Friday,
September
5
, 2008
11
:28
am
    Neanderthal reconstruction Photo: Stefan Scheer, Neanderthal Museum, Mettman, Germany There were thousands of years that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens inhabited the same regions in Europe. How much...
Nature
:
Violent Hawaii: Video: Full Episode
Friday,
September
5
, 2008
10
:10
am
The Hawaiian chain of islands, made up of six main islands plus two smaller ones, stretches for more than 1,500 miles through the heart of...
Nature
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The Queen of Trees: Video: Giving Food and Shelter
Friday,
September
5
, 2008
09
:05
am
Located along the riverbanks of southern Kenya, the sycomore fig tree is the centerpiece of an extraordinary ecosystem, producing several tons of fruit a year...
 
 
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