PBS America: History, Science & Current Affairs

A history of telescopes, from Galileo's refractor to Newton's reflector and beyond, including key discoveries. Take a closer look at recent missions, including the voyage of the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn, the Kepler telescope's search for planets beyond our solar system, and the Herschel Space Observatory's examination of the Milky Way.

Uploaded 20-05-26

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Journey to Florence to discover how Leonardo da Vinci used science, from human dissections to innovative painting techniques, to create his legendary artwork. Learn why Mona Lisa's smile is so captivating—and what it took to create it.

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Long before Paul Newman and Robert Redford immortalized them on screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid captivated Americans from coast to coast. In the 1890s, their exploits robbing banks and trains in the West - and then seemingly vanishing into thin air - became national news and the basis of rumors and myth. But who were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh?

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Retrace Einstein's thought experiments as NOVA reveals the simple but powerful ideas that reshaped our understanding of gravity, illuminating the theory of general relativity—and Einstein's brilliance—as never before.

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Explore today’s most cutting-edge treatments, based on the latest understanding of mental illness, through profiles of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery, infusions of ketamine and modern electro-convulsive therapy. 4/4

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Whether we came together through blood or through love, by genetics or by choice, we recognize the value of our families. Family of Us: A PBS American Portrait Story paints a picture of today’s American family and the ways it defines us.

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Fannie Lou Hamer's America is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential. Through public speeches, personal interviews, and powerful songs of the fearless Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist, Fannie Lou Hamer's America explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders.

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From PBS, DHARMA RIVER is a timeless journey through legendary rivers to the greatest Buddhist temples and mystical sites of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar. This is the first documentary in John Bush’s Yatra trilogy, which World Movie Reviews called “a spiritual film with a big heart that dazzles with amazing imagery” and “an illuminating meditation” by Variety. #PBSAmerica #JourneyIntoBuddhism #Buddhism #Religion

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Follow the origin and downfall of mental asylums in the U.S. Glimpse inside Cook County prison, the nation’s largest unintended mental health facility, meet the detainees in their care, and see the challenges they face both inside and out. 3/4

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If spacecraft OSIRIS-REx can grab a piece of an asteroid and bring it to Earth, scientists could gain insight into our planet's origins—and even how to defend against rogue asteroids. But NASA only gets three shots at collecting a sample.

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NOVA captures New Horizons' historic flyby of Pluto, the culmination of the spacecraft's nine-year, three-billion-mile journey to reveal the first ever detailed images of this strange, icy world at the very edge of our solar system.

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To many a symbol of slavery and oppression, Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration.

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“In the Footsteps of Marco Polo” chronicles the journey of two ordinary guys as they set out to follow Polo's historic route. Equal parts travelogue, adventure story, history trek and buddy movie, the film weaves footage from the duo's often perilous voyage with Marco Polo's descriptions and experiences. #PBSAmerica #InTheFootstepsOfMarcoPolo #China #History

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NOVA Wonders journeys to the stars and back to investigate what we know and don’t know about the universe. Find out how scientists are discovering new secrets about the history of the universe and why they’re predicting a shocking future.

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Take a risky dive into an underwater cave in Mexico to discover the 13,000-year-old skeleton of a prehistoric teenager. Follow forensic clues that reveal details of her life and death and how her people first ventured into North America. #PBSAmerica #FirstFaceOfAmerica #Mexico

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn explore the causes and costs of addiction, poverty and incarceration plaguing America, from the inner city to small towns like Yamhill, Oregon. While pockets of empathy and aid exist, are they enough to rescue the thousands of Americans in despair, for whom the American Dream of self-reliance is impossibly out of reach? #PBSAmerica #TightropeAmericansReachingForHope #Poverty #Documentary

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On Sept. 16, 1920, a cart packed with dynamite exploded in front of Morgan Bank, leaving 38 dead and hundreds more seriously injured in the nation’s financial center. The Bombing of Wall Street tells the story of an early act of terror that remains unsolved today and sparked a bitter national debate about how far the government should go to protect the nation from acts of political violence.

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New tools allow researchers to use cells to create and edit their own DNA with more ease and less cost than ever before. NOVA Wonders explores the benefits and the burden of risk surrounding this controversial new technology.

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The divide between North and South deepens, touching off a crisis that is about to careen out of control. 2/3

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As president, Bush was a pivotal player during a critical moment in American and world history and in a powerful political dynasty. When Bush left the Oval Office in 1992, his 30-year career in public service came to an abrupt and unexpected end. Despite soaring approval ratings following victory in the Persian Gulf, his years as president after the war were marked by almost unrelieved decline. 2/2

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