Feb 9th, 2010 · Blending funk, hip-hop, and jazz sounds, the New Orleans-based band Galactic combines musical genres to create a new sound that they make their own. Critic Ken Tucker says heir newest album Ya-Ka-May is a true rhythmic pleasure.
Feb 5th, 2010 · Just in time for Carnival season, the band's new album, YA-KA-MAY, combines the traditional brassy funk and soul of its hometown with an energetic regional dialect of hip-hop. Band members Ben Ellman and Stanton Moore discuss their project.
Dec 7th, 2009 · SpaceShipTwo, a privately funded commercial passenger spacecraft, is set to make its public debut in the Mojave Desert after five years of secret construction. The project is bankrolled by Virgin Galactic founder, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson.
Nov 29th, 2009 · You don't have to be crazy about comic-book heroes, fantasy worlds or galactic adventures to fall in love with these three magnificent graphic novels — but it helps if you're a girl. Author Harriet Reisen shares what makes these girl-power reads so colorful.
Jul 31st, 2009 · If you could see inside a dying star — and if you eyes were tuned to perceive that ephemeral property of the universe called entropy — this might be what you would see. This computer simulation shows how disorder, a.k.a., entropy spreads through a supernova.
Nov 20th, 2008 · The international space station turns 10 this week, and NASA is celebrating with an upgrade of the orbiter's bedrooms and bathrooms.
Sep 15th, 2008 · For its latest album, the New Orleans funk band laced a new element on top of its groove-based jams: hip-hop MCs. On tour, Galactic visited Mountain Stage with one of its guest stars, Boston rapper Mr. Lif.
Feb 14th, 2007 · Ever wonder where the gold in your wedding ring came from? For Valentine's Day, Robert Krulwich tracks the rare element all the way to outer space, where gold is formed in the fiery center of collapsing stars.