COSMIC ORIGINS Documentary narration. Voice under for visuals. NARRATOR: This is the story of a small planet in space called Earth. Today it has mighty oceans; scorched deserts; and frozen wildernesses. It supports a multitude of diverse creatures, and is home to more than 6 billion people and their technological civilization. But how did all […] Read more

This is the story of a small planet in space called Earth. Today it has mighty oceans; scorched deserts; and frozen wildernesses. It supports a multitude of diverse creatures, and is home to more than 7 billion people and their technological civilization. But how did all this come about? Where do we come from? Until […] Read more

Like animals in the ark, most of us march through life two by two. Though about half of first marriages end in divorce, we still believe that pleasure comes in pairs. Even first couples famous for their foibles-Franklin and Eleanor, Jack & Jackie, Bill and Hilary have taught us that every relationship has its own […] Read more

Some crimes committed are so undeniably gruesome that they defy logic and have people asking questions, forever more. The case of Katherine Knight did just that. A woman who not only murdered in cold blood but, then, went on to commit the most despicable act after the brutal slaying […] Read more

The squirrel-like door mice often move into the safety of abandoned woodpecker holes. The door mice have made their nest within, where their babies sleep safe and sound on a soft bed of leaves. This loft nursery has the practical advantage of being near the open-air larder, with seasonal produce within easy reach […] Read more

The cyclone of November 12, 1970 in Bangladesh is widely considered to be the worst natural disaster of the 20th century. Between 300,000 and 500,000 residents of this dangerously poised, ecologically unsound country were killed by a combination of wind and water […] Read more

This grand structure was built in Hellenistic times and modified by the Romans in the 2nd century. On these stepped seats crowds would cheer on gladiators in the era of Roman blood sports. The ruined city of Koreon has been a key in Cypriot history since the Neanderthal times. Today it is the island’s most […] Read more

The callous invasion of August 20, 1968 seems to us, much more than simply another Czech disaster–or simply an invasion at all. August 20th sees but the latest step in a macabre dance in which the Czech people have been whirled since 1918, the year they declared themselves a republic. There appears, in our view, […] Read more

I took a walk along the historic coast of Normandy in the country of France. It was a lovely day for strolling along the seashore. Men were sleeping on the sand, some of them sleeping forever. Men were floating in the water, but hey didn’t know they were in the water, for they were dead. […] Read more