Scientists are studying coral reefs for the next medical breakthrough. It is hoped that they will provide raw materials for life-saving drugs.
Languages: English
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Scientists, Students Study Space Storms
High school students and teachers in Alaska are helping NASA scientists collect data for a mission that aims to learn more about the space weather that causes the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights.
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Chinua Achebe: “Things Fall Apart”
Jeffrey Brown interviews Chinua Achebe on the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Things Fall Apart.”
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Christopher Curtis: “Bud, Not Buddy”
Christopher Curtis pulled off a literary two-fer 2000, winning both the prestigious John Newbury Award for children’s books, and the Coretta Scott King award for excellence by an African American in writing for children. The novel that has earned him such acclaim is “Bud, not Buddy.” Set in the segregated Depression-era Midwest, the book introduces us to a ten-year-old orphan.
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The Play’s the Thing
Paul Solman reports on an annual Shakespeare festival performed by Denver public.
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Becoming Falstaff
Actor Kevin Kline talks with Jeffrey Brown about the challenges of portraying Sir John Fallstaff in Shakespeare’s “Henry IV.”
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Toni Morrison: A Conversation
A conversation with the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist about her book, “Paradise.”