Sleepless in Gaza: Day 55b
Category: Documentaries
In this episode of Sleepless in Gaza, "Sleepless Girl" Diana goes to meet Amer Zahr, a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian, at his premiere show in Ramallah.

TED Talks: Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'
Category: News & Current Affairs
The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 60s and 70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the U.S. State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.

Mapping the Future: The Angelo Coast Range Reserve
Category: Documentaries
The UC Natural Reserve System's Angelo Coast Range Reserve in Mendocino County has become the focus of a number of national climate change research efforts. Find out how the environment is responding to a warming planet.

TED Talks: Itay Talgam and Ravin Agrawal
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this installment of TED Talks, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, and collector Ravin Agrawal delivers a glowing introduction to 10 of India's most exciting young contemporary artists.

In Focus: The Search for Eternal Youth - Anti-Aging Creams
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, the line between medicine and cosmetics is blurring-- particularly with anti-aging products. Although manufacturers are required to corroborate their claims with scientific studies, the search for the fountain of youth often leads to unregulated markets.

In Focus: Miracles Included - Israel's Hi-Tech Revolution
Category: News & Current Affairs
The Israeli army set up its own science department in the 1950s in order to develop military technology to match that of its Arab neighbors. Today, Israel is one of the global players in the military hi-tech sector.

TED Talks: Shai Agassi and William Kamkwamba
Category: News & Current Affairs
Forget about the hybrid auto, Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. And, William Kamkwamba shares the moving tale of how he, at age 14, in poverty and famine, built a windmill to power his family's home in Malawi.

Bridge to Iran: The Dish
Category: Documentaries
Satellite TV is illegal in Iran but it is also the nation's secret obsession, an indulgence which has seeped into every pore of Iranian life. But unfortunately Iran's Morality Police are looking to spoil the fun.

In Focus: The Forgotten Climate Key
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, see how the dramatic links between soil use and climate change are almost completely unknown, or being kept quite. Could farming hold the forgotten key to saving the planet's climate?

TED Talks: Devdutt Pattanaik and Shereen El Feki
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this installment of TED Talks, Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West, and Shereen El Feki shows how some Arab cultures are borrowing trademarks of Western pop culture.

In Focus: KSK Special Forces - Germany's Elite Military Unit
Category: News & Current Affairs
In this episode of In Focus, fifty regular and career soldiers have volunteered for the "week of hell" - that is, for the screening test to apply to the German military’s special forces detachment, known by its initials KSK.

UN Climate Talks in Tianjin - LIVE!
Category: News & Current Affairs
Tune in October 4 - 9, 2010, when we partner with OneClimate.net to bring you a live web stream straight from the UN Climate Change Conference Tianjin, with real-time coverage of negotiations, side-events, and public response.

TED Talks: P.W. Singer on military robots and the future of war
Category: Documentaries
In this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction -- that now may not be so fictitious.

DOC-DEBUT: The Substitute
Category: Documentaries
WATCH ONLINE! The story of a young and ambitious teacher Max and his old and strict teacher Folke who try, each in their own way, to get a wild ninth grade class in a Swedish suburb through their final exams.

In Focus: Germany's Coastlines
Category: News & Current Affairs
This episode of In Focus captures the unique stretch of Germany's coastline from Flensburg to Eckernförde, where sailors set off for the Caribbean in their 18th-Century quest for liquid gold of the West Indies, rum.