Nov 21st, 2008 · From the bottom of the sea to the bottom of the globe, scientists are looking for life in Earth's most extreme environments. A marine scientist on the R/V Atlantis and a microbiologist studying life in Antarctica recount their adventures, and what their research has in common.
Nov 12th, 2008 · Amitav Ghosh's sprawling historical novel is set on a former slave ship in 1838, and features a wildly diverse cast of characters and fluid, "beautifully made" sentences. Reviewer Alan Cheuse says Sea of Poppies is worth a passage.
Nov 10th, 2008 · More than 2,000 scientists in 82 countries are working on a census of marine life. The study will document all the sea's creatures.
Nov 9th, 2008 · Amitav Ghosh's epic novel tells the stories of a disparate group of seafarers aboard a former slave ship that has been retrofitted for the opium trade and its human cargo.
Oct 31st, 2008 · Jones freely admits that he's a child of seminal '80s rock bands like R.E.M., Pixies, U2 and Echo and the Bunnymen. His latest CD, Swallow the Sea, is a tip of the hat to the vast sound and art-rock lyricism of those bands. But this Mountain Stage performance presents a stripped-down version of Jones' music.
Oct 9th, 2008 · For fifteen years, it's been the Great Big Sea's quest to form the perfect marriage of pop music and their native Newfoundland's sea shanty tradition. The new effort finds their hard-driving sound exploring more of the rock territory, with a core inextricably tied to their homeland.
Oct 2nd, 2008 · Joe Biden and Sarah Palin are clashing in St. Louis in the only vice presidential debate of this election seas. The face-off between the Democratic senator from Delaware and the Alaska governor is being moderated by PBS' Gwen Ifill.
Sep 24th, 2008 · The sea-based component of the U.S. missile-defense system has proved effective at targeting and destroying ballistic missiles. The Navy is deploying this system on more of its cruisers and destroyers worldwide.