Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
The beginning of this clip, from "Darwin's Dangerous Idea," relates current research to Darwin's ideas.
Annie (the daughter of Emma Wedgwood and Charles Darwin) often visited her father in his study and asked him lots of questions.
In the late summer of 1831, Charles Darwin received a letter which changed his life.
Churchill and deGaulle tried to keep France from giving in to Hitler - a bond they would share for the rest of their lives.
How did Charles Dickens, who released his famous Christmas story on 13 December 1843, become such a famous writer?
Charles A. Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
E.B. White's beloved story, Charlotte's Web, was made into a live-action film by Walden Media and released in 2006.
The great Cathedral of Chartres was an engineering feat for its day.
As deadly radiation spews from failed reactor number four, firemen fighting the resulting fires are getting sick.
It's 31 years since a nuclear reactor, located at the Chernobyl power station, exploded on April 26, 1986. Learn what went wrong.
Everything seems normal at the Chernobyl power station, but it isn't.
On the 1st of December, 1958, Our Lady of the Angels School, in Chicago, was the scene of a catastrophic fire.
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