Feb 03 Villages in southern China ring in Chinese New Year with horse fighting By Zachary Treu In several small villages throughout the southern regions of China, a grisly 500-year-old tradition kicked off the New Year last week. Continue reading
Jan 29 Michigan foundation pledges $40 million to Detroit's art collection By Zachary Treu The W.K. Kellogg Foundation pledged $40 million to Detroit's art collection. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch Increasing demand moves long-term care centers to cater to Latino elders Increasing demand moves long-term care centers to cater to Latino elders… Continue watching
Dec 18 'Mary Poppins' and 'Pulp Fiction' among films selected for Library of Congress preservation Screenshot of John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 cult hit "Pulp Fiction." From silent films to sci-fi flicks, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress contains hundreds of motion pictures that span… Continue reading
Dec 12 What will be the Google Zeitgeist of 2013? #TBT: 10 years ago, @BritneySpears topped our Zeitgeist as the top-trending search term. Who will it be this year? pic.twitter.com/ARspcBjvGw— A Googler (@google) December 12, 2013 NewsHour Extra has teamed up with Google… Continue reading
Dec 04 Watch Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world By PBS News Hour Nat Geo's female photojournalists capture and share visions of the world… Continue watching
Nov 23 'Doctor Who' celebrates 50 years of adventures through time and space Popular sci-fi series "Doctor Who" celebrates 50 years on Saturday. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images The adventure started on November 23, 1963. Viewers stepped inside a police box that was "bigger on the inside," and met the Doctor, played… Continue reading
Nov 19 Grace Kelly's 1965 interview about JFK gets an animated twist .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Blank on Blank, a… Continue reading
Nov 15 San Francisco makes Batkid's wish come true A San Francisco turned Gotham City made a five-year-old Batkid's wish come true. Continue reading
Nov 14 Smithsonian turns to 3-D imaging to share its expansive collection 3D models of President Abraham Lincoln's life masks are just two of the Smithsonian's 137 million artifacts digitally archived and available for the public to see. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Digitization Program Office Using 3-D printing and scanning to… Continue reading