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Peter Ligouri Named Discovery COO

AP | Posted 12.07.2009 | Media


SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc., which owns Discovery, TLC and other cable channels, on Monday named Peter Liguori as chief o...

Dinosaur Eggs Found In India

BBC NEWS | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green


Each egg is the size of a football - about 13 to 23cm in diameter, lying buried in sandy nests. The leader of the team, MU Ramkumar, told the BBC the ...

Space Shuttle Discovery Blasts Off For International Space Station

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts steered closer to the international space station for a Sunday linkup, while checkin...

Bad valve forces NASA to call off shuttle launch

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery for a second time Tuesday after a critical fuel valve failed to wor...

Scientists Visit "The Hellhole of Creation" To Discover How The Earth Was Formed (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green


Scientists visit the "The Hellhole of Creation" (In Ethiopia, not California) to uncover clues that could reveal how the Earth formed billions of yea...

Take These Simple Steps to Help Our Seas and the Economy This World Oceans Day

Sarah Chasis | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green


Sarah Chasis

As we celebrate World Oceans Day, let us remember the great bounty that the sea provides us and our responsibility to be good stewards of this great public resource.

Discovery Kids To Be Renamed, Branded With Hasbro

Los Angeles Times | Joe Flint | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media


In a deal that will surely make activist groups froth and may have rivals looking over their shoulders, Discovery Communications Inc. and Hasbro Inc. ...

David Zaslav: Meet "Cable's Fastest Rising Star"

Forbes | Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media


With a Cheshire cat's grin and the energy of an 18-year-old, Zaslav is taking Discovery everywhere. In his two short years as chief executive he has r...

Discovery Sues Amazon Over Kindle Patent

AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media


SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc. says the Kindle electronic book readers from Amazon.com Inc. violate a patent that Discovery ...

Discovery Launch Postponed Due To Gas Leak

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 04.11.2009 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hit by more valve trouble, NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery just hours before it was to head to the i...

Media Companies Uploading Decades Of Archived Video To The Web

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media


SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Media companies are rushing to repackage their videos for the Internet, and some say they can hardly keep up with advertiser dem...

Ted Koppel Leaving Discovery Network Before Contract Expires

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Former "Nightline" host Ted Koppel and his documentary team are taking a buyout from the Discovery Channel six months before the end ...

Journey to the Center of a Windmill

Summer Rayne Oakes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment


Summer Rayne Oakes

In between doing some Planet Green events I've been filming for G Word, one of Discovery's new shows. Here's a recap on one of my favorite episodes. S...

How To Discover Your Talents

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

Ask yourself, just like you'd ask a new friend, "What are your talents?" Then be prepared to live the question for a while and let your best self reveal your talents to you.

Shuttle Discovery crew glad to be back on ground

AP | MARCIA DUNN | Posted 06.22.2008 | Home


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven returned to Earth on Saturday and capped a successful expansion job at the ...

Links to Other Diversions and Conversation-Starters

Jack Donaldson | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living


Jack Donaldson

The Internet is a pretty vast place, so I compiled a cheat sheet of links for the week: a veritable potpourri of diverting videos, articles, commercials, and music.