Physics Girl
How rainbows with NO COLOR are possible
What the heck are spider-web rainbows? What are these rare white rainbows, and how do they form?
PBS
War and Peace and Everything Else (Feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." And in this day and age of publishing, where word count, “readability”, and topical relevance are the lifeline...
Intelligence Squared
Are independent schools a societal problem?
Francine Stock introduces this debate Public Schools are a blight on British society Francis Wheen looks back unhappily at the philistinism, racism, anti-sem...IQ2 Debate: Public schools are a blight on British society (1 of 12)
Curated Video
England, Leeds Castle
In 1278, the castle was bought by King Edward I's Queen, Eleanor of Castile. As a favoured residence of Edward's, it saw considerable investment. The king enhanced its defences, and it was probably Edward who created the lake that...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Aurora and Unique Phenomena
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
Curated Video
Jim Thorpe: Native American Olympic Hero
Football, baseball, basketball player – he was one of America's most talented sportsmen and the first Native American to achieve Olympic Gold glory! So why don't we see Jim Thorpe's name up in lights?
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Physics of Optics
A blue sky and fluffy bright clouds are things that are seen around the world. The atmosphere presents a multitude of sights and phenomena using light, air, water droplets, ice crystals, and dust. Many of the phenomena give clues to...
Press Association
Ukrainian contributions at Lib Dem conference
Delegates at the Liberal Democrat Party conference heard from Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik, who delivered an emotional speech thanking the UK for its support during the Russian invasion, to a standing ovation.
“What you’re doing is truly...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Pressure? What pressure says France's best medal hope.
VOICED: Pressure? What pressure says France's best medal hope.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Lagos Polo Tournament kicks off in Nigeria
The Lagos Polo Tournament kicks off this week attracting top players from around the world
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Will gay marriage dent black America's supp
CLEAN: Will gay marriage dent black America's supp
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Newsreel film production of VP Richard Nixon's remarks at the 'New Glory for Old Glory' exhibit in NYC
Sound technician with clapboard in front of old American flag displayed on curtained wall with underneath lettering 'Old Glory' / James F O'Neil, Richard Nixon, Tom F Morrow walk into view / SOT Nixon extolling the virtues of the...
Curated Video
"Guerilla painters" paint public housing in crazy colours.
Rome is famous for its historic architecture, but the reality for city dwellers in Trullo, one of the Eternal City's sprawling working-class suburbs, is much less picturesque.
Crumbling social housing complexes and poor social services...
Curated Video
7904B ITALY: ROME - THE FADING GLORY
12 mins 19 secs (English synch: 1 min 52 secs)
Rome is a magnet for tourists from all over the world,
but it is a city which has had difficulty keeping up with
modern times. Five years ago the main problems
were health, housing and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
VP Richard M Nixon remarks filmed at 'New Glory for Old Glory' American flag exhibit in NYC
Old American flag on curtained wall, sound tech with clapboard and Nixon enters / SOT Nixon extolling the virtues of the exhibit; sponsorship of exhibit by American Legion with culmination on Flag Day on June 14; calls the flag the...
Curated Video
AP rides the 'Sex and the City' tour bus through New York City.
HEADLINE:A Sexy NYC Tour
CAPTION:Sneak a peek into the lives of your favorite Cosmopolitan-drinking fashionistas. The 'Sex and the City' tour bus takes you to all the New York hot spots visited by Carrie and the gang. Hop on board! (May...
Curated Video
NBA star Dwyane Wade purchased a church for his mother this past weekend. The Miami Heat guard is also rehabbing an injured knee, hoping to make this summer's Olympic team.
HEADLINE:NBA Star buys his mother a church
CAPTION: NBA star Dwyane Wade purchased a church for his mother this past weekend. The Miami Heat guard is also rehabbing an injured knee, hoping to make this summer's Olympic team. (May...
Curated Video
Latest from Ground Zero
1. Various aerials of "Ground Zero"
2. Medium shot, cranes and hoses
3. Medium shot pull out, destroyed building
4. Wide shot, cranes at ground zero
5. Cranes
6. Wide shot, recovery workers going through wreckage at Staten Island...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Madrid gripped by football fever ahead of Real Atletico derby
VOICED : Madrid gripped by football fever ahead of Real Atletico derby
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Missing-in-action, long search for Russia's WWII casualties
VOICED: Missing-in-action, long search for Russia's WWII casualties
Curated Video
Miki Sudo wins women's hot dog eating contest
Miki Sudo defended her title to once again win at the annual Nathan's Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest on the Coney Island boardwalk in New York City.