What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
Because the clouds have cleared on Sunday morning - December 7, 1941 - every pilot has an unobstructed view as hundreds of Japanese airplanes approach...
Sixty years after D-day, and the Allied landings at Normandy, two British pilots who transported troops on a wooden glider recall how their efforts le...
This clip, from the BBC's "Human Planet" series, features stories about people who live in the rainforest - including a family who built a treehouse a...
How does photosynethesis work?
What exists under the Earths surface can be as interesting and beautiful as what meets the eye above it.
When Bobby Kennedy made the deal his brother, President Kennedy, authorized him to make, the Soviets were unaware of one major point.
Turning a racing powerboat can become a dangerous proposition, even when an offshore racing team is going more slowly during the turn than when drivin...
How do we know what's inside an atom?
Michelangelo was pleased with his Sistine-Chapel ceiling - follow this link for an incredibly clear, online-panoramic viewing - but Pope Julius II wan...
WARNING: THIS CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UPS OF REINAISSANCE-AGE SCULPTURES.
Not sure he would actually be paid by the French Cardinal, who'd commissioned the Pieta, Michelangelo worked hard and lived frugaly.
WARNING: THIS CLIP PROVIDES CLOSE-UPS OF THE DAVID, MICHELANGELO'S SCULPTURE.
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