Nov 18 Marilyn Monroe 'birthday dress' fetches $4.8 million at auction By Alison Thoet The skin-tight, crystal-covered gown Marilyn Monroe wore during her 1962 performance of “Happy Birthday Mr. President” picked up $4.8 million at auction Thursday night. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 2:38 How cartoons remind us that life goes on By PBS News Hour New Yorker magazine cartoon editor Bob Mankoff says he and his staff spend an extraordinary amount of time selecting and editing the cartoons that readers might not find funny. Mankoff offers his Brief But Spectacular take on the cartoons that… Continue watching
Nov 17 Congressional commission proposes women's history museum By Alison Thoet A bipartisan congressional commission is calling for a women’s history museum to be erected on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Nov 17 Column: How colors get their names By Claire Bowern, The Conversation A Yale linguist explains how many colors exist in your language’s rainbow. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 2:31 Capitol dome's 3-year facelift unveiled By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the most recent restoration of the Capitol building is complete. We take a tour of the painstaking improvements. Continue watching
Nov 16 National Geographic makes hazardous journey to 'MARS' in new miniseries By Nsikan Akpan The myriad strains of a future deep space journey percolate through ‘MARS’ — a new six-part miniseries on the National Geographic Channel. Continue reading
Nov 16 Bob Dylan does think twice, decides to skip Nobel ceremony in Stockholm By Joshua Barajas It ain't you, babe. Dylan said he had "pre-existing commitments."… Continue reading
Nov 15 Watch 8:02 In 'Loving,' an American story about a marriage worth fighting for By PBS News Hour A new movie, "Loving," tells the real-life story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a Virginia couple who were arrested because interracial marriage was illegal in their home state. They appealed their case and won a landmark civil rights ruling at… Continue watching
Nov 15 Designers try building an eco-friendly house by 3-D printing bricks and tiles By Cynthia Stone, KQED These architect-designers are experimenting with 3D printers to eventually build houses and work spaces out of organic materials such as sand, salt and coffee grounds. Continue reading
Nov 15 America, I sing you back By Mary Jo Brooks Allison Adelle Hedge Coke says her poem, "America, I Sing You Back", was born not out of anger but out of concern and a love for her country. Continue reading