Surfer's paradise, honeymoon haven, luaus in the cool evening breeze? Forget those images. In stunning high definition, NATURE series presents a land of volcanic fury, raging mountain-top blizzards, and even the occasional monster tidal wave, with the encore presentation of Violent Hawaii, Sunday, December 16th at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). To learn more about the program go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/hawaii/index.html
What's on Keith Olbermann's mind about the media? This week, as Rupert Murdoch takes over the Wall Street Journal and as the FCC is about to allow more newspapers to expand into the broadcast business, BILL MOYERS JOURNAL continues its reporting on media consolidation and gets insight from MSNBC's popular and provocative Keith Olbermann. To watch online visit: http://wwww.pbs.org/moyers Check your local listings at: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.htm
Ever wonder where spaceships go to die? Special correspondent Adam Rogers visits a Southern California scrapyard to the find the place where the remnants of the Apollo missions were laid to rest. It's where rocket engineers come to piece back together 60's technology and relearn the scientific secrets behind getting a man on the moon. To see the full segment, visit http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/video after original broadcast. Tune in to WIRED SCIENCE on your local PBS station (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience
An investigation into thriving global sex trade in Dubai, the Utopian oasis of the Middle East, reported by photojournalist Mimi Chakarova. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/09/dubai_sex_for_s.html
Neuroscientists in Wisconsin are helping blind patients see with their tongues. Find out how they're juggling the senses and rewiring the brain. To see the full segment, visit http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/video after original broadcast. Tune in to WIRED SCIENCE on your local PBS station (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience
Raven's practice a mid-air maneuver of locking talons . From NATURE's RAVENS airing Sunday, December 9th at 8 p.m. EST on PBS (check local listings). To learn more about the program go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/ravens/index.html
Lion expert Dr. Flip Stander changes the battery of a GPS collar he uses to track a rare and elusive lioness in the Namib Desert – and takes the opportunity to inspect her teeth and claws as well. Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham narrates “The Desert Lions,” premiering on PBS Sunday, January 6 at 8 p.m. (check local listings). Part of the 26th season of “NATURE,” the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major corporate support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc. and Toyota. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/nature
Retired oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer and his colleague tracked thousands of plastic toys that fell off a freighter during a storm to map current patterns. Their work leads them to an unbelievable discovery; a mass of swirling garbage in the North Atlantic as large as the state of Texas. Tune in to WIRED SCIENCE on your local PBS station (check local listings). For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience
Ravens like to have a good time. From NATURE's RAVENS airing Sunday, December 9th at 8 p.m. EST on PBS (check local listings). To learn more about the program go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/ravens/index.html
An investigation into the Muslim separatist insurgency that has created violence and ethnic tension in the southern provinces near the Malay border, where the majority of Thailand’s Muslim’s live, reported by Aaron Goodman. For more, visit http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/08/thailand_women.html
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