The White House celebrates christmas with a tap dance of the Nutcracker. The Nutcracker ballet was composed in 1892 by the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky based on a story written in 1816 by Prussian author Ernest Hoffman, not even close to anything American. Not until 1934 was it performed out...

Gerda Weissmann Klein, the Holocaust survivor, author, speaker, and activist died on April 3, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 97. Her book, “All But My Life,” first written 1957 and continuously in print for the past 65 years, was among the earliest Holocaust memoirs. In 1995, her biography

Ellen Degeneres host the 86th Academy Awards. Ellen is back and ready to rock it out as the host for the 86th Academy Awards. The Academy Awards will air on ABC, March 2nd, 2014 4e/7p.

Old Hollywood screen siren Hedy Lamarr is trending thanks to a new biography that reveals details about her lesser known role as an inventor of technology that paved the way for wireless communication.
Lamarr became an MGM staple in the late 30s and 40s, appearing in Algiers and White Cargo, but s...

An extraordinarily well-preserved dinosaur tail, with a fluffy covering of feathers, lies trapped within a piece of amber. The animal it belonged to would have lived about 99 million years ago. Researchers from China and Canada identify it as a juvenile of some type of coelurosaur, a group that incl

This edition of the series "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS", profiles Dr David Fawcett author of "Lust, Men and Meth" a book that explores the relationship between gay men, meth, and other mood altering chemicals, and high-risk sexual behaviors. It also provides a sex therapist’s insight into sexual d

CRUSH is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people that want to help our community members live longer and healthier by encouraging them to live smokefree. On average, non-smokers live 10 years longer than smokers. While only 20% of American adults smoke tobacco, over 40% of L...

Squirrels - the acrobats of the animal world - are helping scientists develop ever more agile smart robots. Engineers have got to the bottom of the split-second thinking of the bushy-tailed rodents. It enables them to leap and land - from the sturdiest wall to the flimsiest branch. The breakthrough...

Fairy tales convey life’s magic, reflecting the deep psychological themes that govern the outcomes of our lives. Written in simple language, these stories take us along soul’s path once more, revealing how the issues of today can still yield new restorative meanings. This fresh set of tales introdu