25.12.2010

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'Gulliver's Travels' And Jack Black's Christmas Envy

In the new film Gullivers Travels, Jack Black plays the big man in town. Despite what he says, no tiny actors were harmed in the making of the movie.

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Wagner's 'Die Walkuere'

Legendary tenor Placido Domingo sings the heroic role of Siegmund in Die Walkuere, the second installment in the Washington National Opera's new production of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelungen.

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Lay Therapists In India Can Make A Difference In Mental Illness

A study in The Lancet suggests some mental illnesses in developing countries may be easier to tackle than previously thought. What may help most of all are therapists with minimal training.

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Clare And The Reasons On Mountain Stage

Clare and Olivier Manchon are at the heart of the chamber-folk ensemble Clare and the Reasons. Released last year, its second album, Arrow, is a collaborative effort that shows off the band's big sound. Here, it performs on Mountain Stage with Bob Hart and a brass section from West Virginia University.

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Exploring Tennessee's Caves for New Species

Running underneath the rolling hills of Tennessee lies a still-mysterious and remote network of caverns. Many of those caves shelter fragile ecosystems, and biologist Jerry Lewis is helping to discover and protect some of those ecosystems from man's destruction.

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Senate Passes Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

The Senate voted to repeal the 1993 "don't ask, don't tell," which bars gays from serving openly in the military. The president is expected to sign the bill into law next week.

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Feds Propose To Scrutinize Health Insurers' Big Rate Hikes

Federal officials are pushing ahead with new rules that would let them weigh in on whether a health insurance company’s proposed premium increases are reasonable.

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Cyrus Chestnut: Reinventing Elvis

Jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and Elvis Presley aren't a likely pairing: Chestnut is one of the top pianists of a generation born many years after songs like "Love Me Tender" made Presley the king of rock 'n' roll. Hear an interview and performance from Studio 4A.

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From Trenches To T-Shirts: The Ubiquity Of Che, And More Iconic Cuba

A New York exhibition comes close to a comprehensive look at revolutionary Cuba -- including iconic portraits, anti-Beatles propaganda and quieter, daily Cuban life.

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Chronic Jet Lag Could Be Bad For Human Health

Jet lag has been linked to a host of health ailments. According to a new study, when the normal sleep rhythms of lab hamsters were disrupted, the animals developed fewer brain cells.

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'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks Live On In Labs

It was one of the most revolutionaryВ tools of biomedical research: the immortal HeLa cell line. But few people know the cells belonged to a poor Southern tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot spent years researching Lacks and tells her story in The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks.

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A Holy Tree Cast Down By Vandals

Last week vandals sawed the limbs off the Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree in Britain, reducing it to a stump. The tree is thought by some to have ties to the earliest days of Christianity, and each year local children cut sprigs from it to garnish the Queen's Christmas dining table. Host Liane Hansen takes a moment for the sacred tree.

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This 'Placebo' Could Be The Drug For You

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