2014 January – June

Secrets of the Brain

"It'll take me a moment to locate your brain," the scientist says. With new technologies, he's able to shed light on life's great unsolved mystery: how the human mind really works.

There's No Place Like Home

When a man lives in one place for most of his life, he doesn't need GPS. He is guided by memories of boyhood bike rides, the ever present Mississippi and the undeniable power of rhubarb.

Brunelleschi's Dome

How did a hot-tempered goldsmith create the miraculous edifice in Florence?

{ Special Poster } The Cathedral of Florence and Redefining the Dome

Gold Fever in the Yukon

Prospectors invade Canada's great wilderness

Karma of the Crowd

Millions of pilgrims flock to a Hindu gathering in India - and find inner peace in numbers.

Feeding Nine Billion

To feed our hungry planet, we must challenge the way we farm - and the way we think.

Apple Stores

Heirlooms and hybrids flourish.

Digging Utah's Dinosaurs

The hunt is on for species that lived in the state's southern desert, once part of a "lost continent."

The Ship-Breakers

The men of Bangladesh risk their lives to tear apart cargo carriers and tankers.

The Generous Gulf

From plankton to cod to whales, the Gulf of St. Lawrence harbors a profusion of shimmering life.

Love and Loss on the Seine

The river is a lure for romantics, tourists, sunbathers, anglers, psychiatric patients - le tout Paris.