Apr 10 Portals to the Past: Cloning the Original Cherry Blossoms More than 1 million visitors flock to Washington, D.C. each spring to view the cherry trees. Photo by Rebecca Jacobson. Every spring in Washington, D.C., the tree paparazzi come out. As the 3,700 ornamental cherry trees along the National… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch A Look at Thatcherism, the Polarizing Legacy of Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ A Look at Thatcherism, the Polarizing Legacy of Britain's 'Iron Lady'… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch Filmmaker Captures Life for Syrians Whose World Has Been Blown Apart Filmmaker Captures Life for Syrians Whose World Has Been Blown Apart… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch How Well Do Background Checks Work and How Might They Change Under New Laws? How Well Do Background Checks Work and How Might They Change Under New Laws?… Continue watching
Apr 09 Babbling Sounds of Monkeys Share Rhythms with Human Speech A gelada baboon in Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Photo by A. Davey via Flickr. Scientists studying the evolution of speech have long puzzled over why there are no good models in primates. While primates share many traits with… Continue reading
Apr 09 Gun Policy Proposals Face Pressure From Senators Family members of Newtown shooting victims step off Air Force One with President Obama upon arrival Monday at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images. Political pressure is no simple thing -- especially when… Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch British Public Reacts to Margaret Thatcher’s Death With Praise and Censure While Britain prepares to honor and bury former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, her death has incited mixed reactions from the British public and not everyone has been mourning. Alex Thompson of Independent Television News reports on celebratory street parties… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch A Battle to Preserve the Berlin Wall as Cold War Landmark In Germany, a fight is on about protecting what remains of a Cold War landmark: the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the wall separated East and West Germany as a way of keeping East Germans from fleeing. Independent producers Carl… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch As Congress Returns to Tackle Guns, States Around the Nation Work on New Laws As Congress Returns to Tackle Guns, States Around the Nation Work on New Laws… Continue watching
Apr 08 Watch Remembering Margaret Thatcher: Partner to the U.S., Pioneering Female Politician Remembering Margaret Thatcher: Partner to the U.S., Pioneering Female Politician… Continue watching