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  Tonight at 8/7c, watch the documentary "The Ghost Army," and learn about the American GIs who tricked the enemy in WWII with carefully crafted illusions. Curious? Here's a preview:

  Watch now: The Ghost Army - Preview | The Ghost Army | PBS Video

  

  Premieres Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.

  May 21, 2013 at 5:00 pm

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  Think you're too old to go back to school or begin a new career? We'd like you to meet Willadene Zedan:

  85-Year-Old Graduates From College, Finds Job

  

  Willadene Zedan, 85, leaves college this weekend with better grades, and a better job prospect, than many of her young classmates.

  May 21, 2013 at 10:43 am

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  Ever wonder what makes hummingbird flight behavior so distinct? Learn more about hummingbird evolution at NOVA Next.

  Fossil Feathers Fill Out Ancestor of Hummingbirds and Swifts — NOVA Next | PBS

  For a long time, paleontologists have struggled to explain the stark differences between the wing shapes of hummingbirds and swifts. The two bird families are descended... Read Full Postelse

  May 21, 2013 at 6:00 am

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  Why would anyone want to eat stale bread? Because PBS Food knows how to make it delicious. This rusk recipe is a buttery, crisp cookie: http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/rusk/

  

  May 20, 2013 at 7:00 pm

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  NOVA is the most-watched primetime science series on television reaching an average of five million viewers weekly. The NOVA website has been pioneering new forms of web-original content since it debuted in early 1996. NOVA’s online presence amplifies the impact of its programs, with a website that...

  May 20, 2013 at 4:00 pm

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  For Mel Brooks the spoofing is in the details. The classic Hollywood Horror film is always black-and-white and includes scene transitions like iris outs, wipes and fades to black. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood Horror is no different. He even tracks down the original equipment from the mad doctor’s lab first used in the 1931 Frankenstein film. Learn more about the art of the Brooks homage (or, to spoof with accuracy) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/11OtyQa
  
  “Mel Brooks: Make a Noise” premieres tomorrow night at 9/8c on PBS

  

  May 20, 2013 at 2:01 am

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  In this new video from PBS Digital Studios' INVENTORS series, Randall Olsen takes us from his lab to a battleship to learn about his DANTE Antenna Technology that allows low-cost, high-speed directional ship-to-ship communication.

  Antenna Technology | INVENTORS | PBS Digital Studios

  

  Randall Olsen is a civilian employee of the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) where he heads a team developing new technology for th...

  May 19, 2013 at 4:20 pm

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  What came first: the Mel Brooks movie or the cliché? The classic Hollywood Sci-Fi spaceship always gets gratuitous screentime from every camera angle. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood spaceship appears in a continuous one minute and 40 second scene detailing its ridiculous length. Learn more about the art of the Brooks trope (or, making the cliché absurd) from American Masters | PBS http://to.pbs.org/13daKNu

  

  May 18, 2013 at 10:30 pm

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  Got Gatsby on the brain? Check out this 1920s cocktail recipe from PBS Food, and learn how Prohibition inspired an era of drunken excess in America. (via Tori Avey of The Shiksa: http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/great-gatsby-prohibition-fitzgerald/

  

  May 18, 2013 at 7:01 pm

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  Career Advice to My Daughter on Graduation Day -- Next Avenue’s Work & Volunteering blogger, Nancy Collamer, offers career advice for the new crop of college graduates: http://to.pbs.org/16vI2LB

  

  May 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm