is a good one. this explains everything. deep, beautiful, elegant theories of how the world works. john brockman asks some of the world s best minds for their favorite explanations of anything. the result is a collection that reads like the best ted talks ever. it s an absolute pleasure to read. now, for the last look. good signs sometimes takes a very long time. it was 11 years after nasa was founded that we landed on the moon. the human genome project took 13 years. it s been almost 50 years since the particle was first proposed. and it still hasn t been conclusively proven. but australia s home to the world s longest running lab experiment. it s on the verge of a break through of sorts. 86 years ago a professor at the university of queensland initiated this pitch drop experiment wanting to show that some things that look solid can
0 just search state of the union. fareed zakaria gps is next for our viewers here in the united states. this is gps the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i m fareed zakaria. fascinating, important things to talk about today. we ll start with north korea s saber rattling and the u.s. response. could it really lead to war? i have an all-star panel, tom friedman, richard haass to talk about that, the global economy and more. then, we found a way to convince china to start worrying about global warming, i ll explain. morgan stanley predicted that china, india, brazil and russia will all slow down. check, check, check, check. so, what does he say about america s prospects? then, we ll talk to the great historious ian morris. we ll take you all the way from the ice age to the far distant future. first, here s my take. time for the fat and thin envelopes. the annual ritual when colleges send out admission and rejection notices
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. it s beginning to look a lot like two years ago. stocks are now trading at their highest level since september 2008. the dow tacked on 56 points today to close at 11,534. the nasdaq added 18 closing at a three-year high, and the s&p gained seven and a half. financials were a big part of today s move, as t.d. bank announced it s buying chrysler financial for $6.3 billion. as the year draws to a close, mergers and acquisitions are picking up again. erika miller takes a look at whether the deal-making will continue in 2011. reporter: if you listen closely, you might start hearing wedding bells on wall street. more companies are expected to tie the knot in the coming months. while 2010 was a recovery year for mergers and acquisitions, activity is expected to pick up a bit in 2
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. it s beginning to look a lot like two years ago. stocks are now trading at their highest level since september 2008. the dow tacked on 56 points today to close at 11,534. the nasdaq added 18 closing at a three-year high, and the s&p gained seven and a half. financials were a big part of today s move, as t.d. bank announced it s buying chrysler financial for $6.3 billion. as the year draws to a close, mergers and acquisitions are picking up again. erika miller takes a look at whether the deal-making will continue in 2011. reporter: if you listen closely, you might start hearing wedding bells on wall street. more companies are expected to tie the knot in the coming months. while 2010 was a recovery year for mergers and acquisitions, activity is expected to pick up a bit in 2
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening, everyone. my colleague, tom hudson, is off tonight. it s beginning to look a lot like two years ago. stocks are now trading at their highest level since september 2008. the dow tacked on 56 points today to close at 11,534. the nasdaq added 18 closing at a three-year high, and the s&p gained seven and a half. financials were a big part of today s move, as t.d. bank announced it s buying chrysler financial for $6.3 billion. as the year draws to a close, mergers and acquisitions are picking up again. erika miller takes a look at whether the deal-making will continue in 2011. reporter: if you listen closely, you might start hearing wedding bells on wall street. more companies are expected to tie the knot in the coming months. while 2010 was a recovery year for mergers and acquisitions, activity is expected to pick up a bit in 2