Tagged: Educational
William Shatner sits down with Bernhard Goetz, known to many as the Subway Vigilante. After years of silence on the subject, Goetz now talks openly of the day in 1984 when he shot four African American teenagers on the New York City subway
A sobering look at the push to reform health care, revealing the realities of American politics, the power of special interest groups and the role of money in policy making.
The search for Earth-like planets is reaching a fever-pitch. Does the evidence so far help shed light on the ancient question: Is the galaxy filled with life, or is Earth just a beautiful, lonely aberration? If things dont work out on this planet Or if our itch to explore becomes unbearable at some point in [...]
A controversial and polarizing look at video games with a series of interviews with experts on both sides of the matter some believing that violent games should be banned, while others support their protection under the First Amendment.
David Koresh was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet. Vernon Howell had his name legally changed to David Koresh on May 15, 1990. A 1993 raid by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the subsequent siege by the FBI ended with the [...]
Before Leonardo da Vinci painted “The Last Supper,” Tibetan craftsmen were creating stunning artistry of their deities in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Mustang. In “Lost Treasures of Tibet,” NOVA goes behind the scenes with the first conservation team from the West, as it undertakes the painstaking restoration of these ancient masterpieces and the beautiful [...]
Here’s a group of engineers/designers from San Francisco and their second balloon launch on 6/5/2010. Shot with 2 HD Hero cameras from GoPro. Launched from the California coast near Davenport, landed in Crows Landing 70 miles away. Peak altitude 80,000 feet. Acquired GPS, pressure, accelerometer, and temperature data with a Shadowbox (www.shadowboxlive.com). The payload was [...]
Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), known as the Green River Killer, is an American serial killer. Ridgway murdered numerous women in Washington during the 1980s and 1990s. He strangled them with rope, fishing line and anything else he could find. He also engaged in forms of torture, rape, and necrophilia.
On November 30, 2001, [...]
Is global warming man made, or is it all just the sun? I remember back in the old days in the 70′s when the weather guys were predicting an ice age which would be worse if we used nuclear weapons.
It seems like the warming trend seems to be reversing itself from some sources. [...]
Filmmaker David Douglas examines the world of wolves and how they have survived near extinction.
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