EpisodeSeeing the Bigger Picture
In the late 19th century, the art of creating visual effects for film began with frame by frame animations of moving pictures. Now, effects-men like Matt Wallin (Virginia Commonwealth University) …
EpisodeThe Controversy Over International Adoptions
Inter-country adoptions gone awry have a way of capturing headlines. A missionary group lands in jail after trying to remove children from Haiti. An American woman puts her seven year-old …
EpisodeReplay: The Road Less Traveled
US Highway 58 begins at the beaches of Hampton Roads and winds along the southern border of Virginia. Author Joe Tennis (Virginia Highlands Community College) shares stories from this route, …
EpisodeThe Road Less Traveled
US Highway 58 begins at the beaches of Hampton Roads and winds along the southern border of Virginia. Author Joe Tennis (Virginia Highlands Community College) shares stories from this road, …
EpisodeIt IS Who You Know!
Every successful organization—from a baseball team to a Fortune 500 company—has its leaders, its behind-the-scenes worker bees, its savvy strategists who excel at their jobs. They are the “go-to” people …
EpisodeShaky Knees and Pain
It’s the danger that awaits female athletes. Its victims have included soccer great Michelle Akers and basketball players Rebecca Lobo and Sheryl Swoopes. The torn ACL is a devastating knee …
EpisodeBallpark Science
To celebrate Opening Day 1999, we couple a little R.B.I. and E.R.A. with some E = mc2. Physicist Richard Minnix (Virginia Military Institute) explains the science of a curve ball and proves there really …
