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History
Virtual Renaissance
Travel somewhere new today without ever leaving your computer! Explore the Reniassance period through this unique site.
Jan 5, 2009, 14:45 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Georg Zangl
These performance by Georg Zangl reminds us that instruments can come in all forms. His steel instrument defies classification, and yet it makes amazingly beautiful music.
Dec 14, 2008, 21:51 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Icicle Orchestra
These Norwegian musicians are intrigued by the sounds that nature creates in ice, but the ice must be natural to have a good sound.
Dec 14, 2008, 20:37 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Hang Duet
This unusual set of instruments are called Hangs. They have an amazingly rich bell tone that is very soothing. The group is called becapella.
Dec 14, 2008, 20:07 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Toreador Song
Watch closely as this skater plays the Toreador Song as he skates past.
Dec 14, 2008, 19:51 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Bottle Orchestra
Dec 14, 2008, 19:40 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Bottle Orchestra
An amazing performance by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on unusual bottle instruments.
Dec 14, 2008, 19:40 PST
Unusual Musical Performances
Ode to a Ford
This unusual orchestral performance makes you look at cars in an entirely different light. Each of the instruments was created from a different part of a Ford.
Dec 14, 2008, 19:24 PST
Political Cartoons
$25 Billion Salvage Plan for the Big 3 Auto Companies
GM, Ford, and Chrysler have gone to Washington to ask for $25 Billion (yes billion with a capital B) in loans to rescue their companies, and approximately one million related jobs.
Nov 27, 2008, 13:02 PST
Political Cartoons
The Amazing Wall Street Bailout Trick
A $700 trillion bailout of the financial industry is currently still in question. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson insists that the bailout is necessary to keep the US economy from plummeting into a Depression.
Nov 27, 2008, 12:42 PST
Political Cartoons
Mumbai Terror
On Thursday, November 27, 2008, as people throughout the United States were giving thanks, brutal terrorist attacks were carried out in the heavily tourist area of Mumbai, India.
Nov 27, 2008, 11:22 PST
Political Cartoons
A Historic Presidential Election
On November 4th, 2008, Barack Obama was elected as the first black president of the United States.
Nov 4, 2008, 22:43 PST
Political Cartoons
How the Electoral College Works
The current workings of the Electoral College are the result of both design and experience. Find out how it works...
Nov 4, 2008, 22:07 PST
Astronomy
New Kind of Pulsar
About three times a second, a 10,000-year-old stellar corpse sweeps a beam of gamma-rays toward Earth. Just discovered by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the object, called a pulsar, is the first one known that "blinks" in pure gamma rays.
Oct 17, 2008, 19:48 PST
Political Cartoons
Why Your Vote Counts
You may ask yourself, "Does my one vote really matter?" It's time to do the math....
Oct 17, 2008, 12:27 PST
Sociology
Global Dignity Day
Nonprofits around the world unite in a global event to raise the awareness of students worldwide to standards of living, with regards to health care, education, and humane treatment. Global Dignity Day, the international event and inaugural celebration of hope and dignity, will take place simultaneously around the world on October 20, 2008 in over twenty countries.
Oct 17, 2008, 08:38 PST
Political Cartoons
Contaminated Chinese Baby Milk Formula
Less than a year after thousands of pets in the US were sickened, and in some cases died, from Chinese pet food that was contaminated by the addition of melamine, thousands of babies are now suffering the same fate in China and other Asian countries from similarly tainted baby milk formula in China.
Oct 15, 2008, 20:11 PST
Political Cartoons
The Presidential Debates
Senator McCain and Senator Obama faced off on their first Presidential debate on September 26, 2008, with political analysts opining that neither candidate dominated as a clear winner. The stakes are high in a Presidential race with so many undecided voters.
Oct 15, 2008, 19:52 PST
Political Cartoons
Sarah Palin Unscripted
Since the two Vice President candidates declared their candidacies, there has been a marked difference between how accessible they have been to the press. According to a recent piece on NPR, Joseph Biden has done well over 70 interviews, whereas, Sarah Palin has done just three.
Oct 15, 2008, 19:50 PST
Political Cartoons
China's First Spacewalk
On Saturday, September 27, 2008, Mission Commander Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese astronaut to walk in space, representing only the fourth country in history to do so, the others being the USA, Canada and Russia.
Oct 15, 2008, 19:45 PST
Current Events
Why Your Vote Counts
Does your vote count? To paraphrase a famous quote from Senator Everett Dirksen: A vote here, a vote there, pretty soon it adds up to real electoral power.
Oct 15, 2008, 14:27 PST
Ecology
Alternative fuels may drain dwindling water supplies
As the search for new fuels intensifies, researchers in Texas report that switching to certain alternative fuels to power cars, trucks, and SUVs may require the use of much more water than conventional petroleum-based gasoline and diesel.
Oct 15, 2008, 12:50 PST
News Videos
The Picken's Plan - Energy Independence
Take a look at the Pickens Plan promotion. It's time to stop our dependence on oil. There are ways that you can have an effect on the energy policies of our country, regardless of your age.
Sep 27, 2008, 17:52 PST
Political Cartoons
The Amazing Wall Street Bailout Trick
A look at the $700 trillion bailout of the financial industry, and the questions surrounding the deal.
Sep 26, 2008, 10:06 PST
Language Arts
ClassBrain's Kit Kittredge® Hometown Reporter Competition
Learn how you can become a published writer in The Kit Kittredge® Hometown Reporter Competition sponsored by ClassBrain® and Picturehouse®, and win cool prizes in celebration of the new American Girl®, Kit Kittredge® movie.
Sep 17, 2008, 12:48 PST
Chemistry
The “e-Nose”: Scientists try to develop an electronic sniffer
For almost 25 years, chemists and other scientists have tried to build a machine that can take a whiff of the air, food or other objects and say whether the odor is nasty or nice, the e-Nose.
Sep 3, 2008, 12:22 PST
Ecology
Can Compact Flourescent Bulbs Cause Headaches?
Can those energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs that are popular now cause headaches because of the flickering they do? I converted my whole house over last fall and both my kids were complaining of headaches on and off.
Aug 14, 2008, 20:38 PST
Astronomy
Looking for Water on the Moon
NASA is going to crash a piece of their current LCROSS probe into a shadowy part of the moon to see if they can blast away material that will expose signs of water.
Aug 11, 2008, 11:42 PST
Visual Arts
National Gallery of Art Podcasts
Free podcasts from the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC allow art lovers around the world to explore their collections, or visitors to the DC area to docent their won tours through the museum.
Aug 10, 2008, 20:50 PST
Ecology
Is the Ocean's Destruction Reversible?
Researchers say there is six times more plastic than plankton in the ocean. Have we damaged the ocean to the point that it can no longer recover?
Aug 5, 2008, 21:02 PST
Foreign Language
The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language
Why should we learn a foreign language? After all, the whole world speaks English. Well, there's some truth in this argument, but only some. There are many reasons for learning a new language...
Jul 30, 2008, 19:23 PST
Ecology
Check Your Water Sense
Think you know everything about water? Take the quiz and learn how to save water, then study the lesson plan on simple things we can do to save water every day.
Jul 29, 2008, 09:17 PST
Ecology
Green Commuting
Goodyear, AZ implements a new express bus to downtown Phoenix to save local commuters time and money, while saving the environment.
Jul 25, 2008, 20:48 PST
Ecology
Green Roofs
How can you modify a roof to provide an environmental benefit?
Jul 20, 2008, 21:03 PST
Ecology
Autism and the Environment
What’s going on with all the cases of autism cropping up and no one seems to know why? It stands to reason it must be something (or some things) environmental, yet every study allegedly turns up no conclusion...
Jul 6, 2008, 20:31 PST
Current Events
Not So Funny In China
A look at the way the people of China view American political cartoons through an interview with Daryl Cagle.
Jul 1, 2008, 14:38 PST
Ecology
Corn Based Plastics
What are the environmental pros and cons of corn-based plastic as an alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastic?
Jun 29, 2008, 20:53 PST
Visual Arts
SIGGRAPH - Slow Art Exhibition
Slow Art encompasses juried art from 41 artists meditating on fast and slow living in a landscape of technology. The goal of the collection is to investigate if the speed of our digital culture creates an oasis for contemplation or a hunger for yet more speed.
Jun 26, 2008, 14:25 PST
Ecology
Cogeneration - Recycled Energy
Cogeneration—also known as combined heat and power, distributed generation, or recycled energy—is the simultaneous production of two or more forms of energy from a single fuel source.
Jun 24, 2008, 21:24 PST
Ecology
Getting Rid of Carpenter Ants without Dangerous Pesticides
How to get rid of carpenter ants without dangerous pesticides.
Jun 24, 2008, 21:11 PST
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