Discover the forgotten story of the Navy’s aquanauts, who pioneered undersea exploration.
Watch the preview of The Swamp.
Harry Houdini's impulse to escape dangerous situations attracted thousands of spectators.
The story of two Americans who laid the foundation for modern paleontology and whose rivalry nearly destroyed them both.
The scientist who fell out of love with eugenics.
With every new advance in prenatal genetic screening, the ability to prevent suffering has also sparked difficult questions. These fears arise, in part, because just 100 years ago, that’s exactly what the eugenics movement tried to do.
Besides inventing Corn Flakes, John Kellogg helped promote the American Eugenics movement.
Watch Chapter 1 of The Eugenics Crusade.
Pulitzer prize winner & Nobel laureate, Eugene O’Neill revolutionized the American stage.
Watch chapter 1 of The Circus, part two.
In 1910, Charles Davenport opened Eugenics Record Office to collect hereditary information on American families.
The sale of Jumbo the African elephant to P.T. Barnum by the London Zoological Society caused an uproar in England.
