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Why cities are so hot (and how we can fix it)

Even the Romans noticed that cities are engineered to be heat islands. But that means we can do something about it.




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4 major effects of climate change in America

Warming temperatures are causing extreme weather patterns across the country. But communities are pushing back with solutions old and new.




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How iron-air batteries could fill gaps in renewable energy

Rust Belt cities could be the perfect place to develop this renewable energy solution.




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The History of Earth in Five Epic Chapters

The evolution of planet Earth over 4.5 billion years.




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5 NOVA Documentaries for Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with NOVA films about animals, nature, and the wonders of our planet.




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Data Privacy Tips from Secrets in Your Data

Here are some tips and tricks pulled from Secrets in Your Data to help you stay safe online.




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5 Little-Known Facts About the Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an engineering icon that changed the face of the modern world.




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STAFF PICKS: Favorite NOVA Documentaries

Enjoy these NOVA staff favorites.




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Is Fear Contagious?

How pheromones and emotional contagion can make fear spread through a group–for better or worse.




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Removing CO2 from the Atmosphere: Where Does It Go?

To combat climate change, scientists are working to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.




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Building Stuff: Outreach and Events

Explore the outreach toolkit, sign up to receive an engineering activity kit, and tune in to upcoming virtual field trips and events this fall!




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Displaying digital signage software with a Q management system

A Malaysian security department needed a system that their programmers could incorporate Q management control with digital signage software. They display Repeat Signage on their screens to show live TV, the counter and announcements, in this case study.




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Our lastest digital signage case study comes from Illinois in the US.

Minerallac Company, an electrical construction hardware manufacturer, find Repeat Signage software a useful tool for keeping staff updated on events and information. Staff is their satellite office, 2000 miles away, now feel more connected since digital signage was utilised.




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StarBoard Solution EU announces partnership with Repeat Software

StarBoard Solution EU, has collaborated with Repeat Software, a UK software developer of Repeat Signage software, to provide a digital signage solution for StarBoard users.




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Digital signage presentation samples for corporate offices and businesses

We have added presentation sample design ideas for you to use in businesses and corporate offices including display graphs for a e-commerce warehouse distribution and electrical distribution companies.




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Display single line of database or txt file text

7-minute video shows how you can a single line of text from either a .txt file or a database, for example, displaying name of duty manager. The ability to display database information is available in the Corporate and Media Wall editions of Repeat Signage digital signage software. Ideal for displaying company information on any screen anywhere.




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How to split multi-page PDF documents into single PDF pages

Repeat Signage software has a number of free tools including the Batch PDF splitter. This shows you how to add your PDF to a folder and create an empty output folder. Then click run and in seconds, individual PDF pages appear in your output folder, leaving the original PDF as it was.




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'Pedro Páramo' captures the disorientation of Juan Rulfo's timeless novel

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts.




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Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading for anyone whose wonder could use a jumpstart.




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How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.




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As a 'Seasoned Professional,' Jenny Slate now finds strength in her sensitivity

The comic can pick up on the "micro bad mood" of whoever she's talking to. She writes about pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood in a new book of essays, Lifeform. Originally broadcast March 12, 2024.




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A Marine Corps veteran expresses concerns for the military in a 2nd Trump presidency

Essayist Phil Klay says Trump tried to use the military to push his partisan agenda before, and may further erode norms around the military as he looks for those willing to "go with his whims."





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Want a Picasso? UChicago students borrow original art for their dorms

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.




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Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.




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Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.




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Figuring out the male enrollment drop at HBCUs

The number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it’s been since 1976.




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Louisiana schools use Artificial Intelligence to help young children learn to read

In Louisiana, more than 100,000 students are using an AI tutor that is helping to raise reading scores.




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Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself?

An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.




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Inside this maximum security prison, a film festival proves 'a little bit healing'

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.




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A small town in Ohio embraces butterflies to symbolize change and recovery

One small Ohio town designed a butterfly garden as a symbol of recovery for former flood land and for people who have struggled with addiction.




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Ann Patchett on how God and her Catholic faith have changed

Ann Patchett answers a question from the Wild Card deck and discusses how her feelings about God and her Catholic faith have changed over the years.




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President-elect Trump names John Ratcliffe as his pick for CIA director

Ratcliffe previously served as the director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, where he oversaw all 18 of the nation's intelligence agencies.




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'Juror #2' is a thorny legal thriller — and possibly Clint Eastwood's last film

Eastwood takes measured aim at the American justice system in a film that centers on a murder trial — and a juror who realizes he may be implicated in the crime.




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'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'

The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman.




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A Mexican drug lord comes out as a trans woman in the freewheeling 'Emilia Pérez'

This Spanish-language musical about a cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgery won two big prizes at Cannes, including a shared best actress award for its four women leads.




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'Emilia Pérez' is Netflix's divisive musical about a trans cartel boss

Emilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the criminal underworld to create a new life as a woman. But when her love for her kids proves overpowering, she ingratiates herself back into their lives, posing as a distant relative. The movie stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez.










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How to Install the Aliunde Kodi Addon on Android TV/Firestick (Tutorial)

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to install the ALIUNDE Kodi Addon on your Android TV box or Amazon Firestick, plus, unique features in ALIUNDE.




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How to Install the M-E-T-V Kodi Addon on Android TV or Firestick (Tutorial)

In this tutorial guide, I'll show you exactly how to install the M-E-T-V Kodi Addon on your Android TV box or Amazon Firestick, and unique features.




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How to Install the SealTeam 6 Kodi Addon (Android TV + Firestick)

In this tutorial, I'll show you exactly how to install the SEALTEAM 6 Kodi Addon on your Android TV box or Amazon Firestick, plus unique features.




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'Sing and cry with him': Shlomo Artzi performs for evacuees of Kibbutz Be'eri


Artzi, with his vast experience performing for soldiers and civilians through Israel's wars, had said, "I've never seen pain like in this war."




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Looking back on the year 5784: A soundtrack of war, love, and TikTok


After the initial shock had worn off and the country began pulling together, people were looking for ways not only to express themselves but also to uplift others.




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Ramat Gan’s animal rescue and bonding farm


Natural Bonds is not only a home for animals, however: It is also a home for people. 




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Thessaloniki – a place that can be a home away from home for Israeli tourists


Thessaloniki offers visitors 2,300-plus years of history, tremendous shopping, and a Jewish story like no other in Europe. 




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Zombies galore at Surround Festival in Tel Aviv


October, a new musical performance by Daniel Sapir and the FTW Orchestra, is a bold attempt to express in music the pain, rage, and sorrow felt after the October 7 terror attack.