It's D-Day for our Rough Scientists, who must build a furnace and bellows so they can try to smelt and form gold into souvenirs as a reminder of their six-week stay in New Zealand. To turn their...

FRONTLINE reports from inside the U.S. Army's 8th Cavalry Regiment stationed in Baghdad for an up-close, intimate look at the dangers facing an American military unit in Iraq. Shot in the weeks...

This series explores the events surrounding the conflict between neighboring nations struggling for land, power and national identity. Despite its enormous impact, the war is a chapter in history...

Peace -- and a burst of creativity -- comes to the United States. A distinctly American culture is about to be born. But governing the world's newest republic is not easy. Congress is ineffectual. ...

The final segment describes how Athens, at the height of her glory, engaged in a suicidal conflict with her greatest rival, Sparta. Through the eyes of Socrates, Athens' first philosopher, viewers...

Science and technology help bring back the art of the past and create new means of expression for the future. Highlighted in this program are a robot that paints original and striking pictures; the...

Is the ancient dream of eternal life becoming a reality? In the last few years, many barriers to understanding the aging process have come down. In this fast-growing field, scientists have already...

Alan Alda meets scientists inventing the future at MIT's Media Lab. Assisted by virtual dog Silas, he uses a computer with certain behavioral characteristicsone that actually learns from its...

How does memory function? Who creates history? Whether commemorative, critical or irreverent, the artists in episode two - Susan Rothenberg, Mike Kelley, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Josiah McElheny - delve...

"Guide My Feet" begins in the Jim Crow era, when many African-Americans migrated north. In Chicago, Thomas C. Dorsey, a pianist with blues singer Ma Rainey, melds his religious faith with his...