Besides a few species of amphibians and reptiles, vertebrates cannot replace lost body parts. Except for deer, that is.
Each year, through a process called epimorphic regeneration, deer shed and replace …
Just in time for the 2008 election season, Am. Ex. rolls out their 20th-century presidential documentaries online. In May, a new documentary on the life of George H.W. Bush (broadcast May 5-6), followed by docs on FDR, and Truman … in the fall, Carter, Nixon and Reagan.
Democratic Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may still be in a dead heat after Tuesday’s primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, because there are not enough delegates to …
Sam Pollard, director of the new American Masters film “Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On,” describes the process of making the film, what he learned, and what he hopes …
They aren’t the most beautiful of Earth’s creatures, but conservationists are determined to save these scavengers from extinction anyway. We’re talking about vultures, of course. In many cases, human action …
In 2003, with his longtime partner Mark Andrew at his side, Gene Robinson became the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church and in the worldwide Anglican Communion, which the U.S. church is part of. Now Robinson is planning another ceremony likely to roil the waters again: In June, Robinson and Andrew will have their relationship officially recognized at the New Hampshire statehouse. Gene Robinson talks on this week’s Religion & Ethics.
In the 1950s and ’60s Cabo Blanco, Peru was a mecca for fishing, both for food and for sport. There, the collision of two ocean currents created the perfect conditions …
This Saturday and Sunday (May 3, 4), experience Hanami — the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the cherry blossom season — when the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 220 cherry trees enter peak bloom.
This week, a teenage pimp, an immigrant adrift in New York City, and a child with an acrobatic imagination vied for your votes. So which film won?
The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air: 2008″ report released today, found that about 42 percent of residents nationwide live in counties with high levels of particle or …
