Archives for January 2023

In their latest book, "The Nazi Conspiracy," Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch write about an assassination plot aimed at Allied leaders attending their first face-to-face summit meeting in Tehran in 1943 – a conspiracy that, if successful, could have changed the outcome of the war. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with Meltzer about how the head of FDR's Secret Service detail helped … [Read more...] about “The Nazi Conspiracy”: The WWII plot to kill FDR, Churchill and Stalin

With the proliferation of artificial intelligence software used to produce fake videos and photographs that can spread disinformation, Adobe and Microsoft have teamed up to develop new tools for verifying the attributes and history of images and videos on the web. Correspondent David Pogue looks at how Content Credentials can help retain trust in journalism, and protect … [Read more...] about Creating a “lie detector” for deepfakes

With the release of bodycam and surveillance camera video, the nation witnessed the savage beating by Memphis Police officers of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who pleaded for his life. One who did not watch was Nichols' mother, RowVaughn Wells, who said she felt the pain of her son as he was being assaulted. Correspondent Lee Cowan reports. … [Read more...] about Tyre Nichols’ death, and a mother’s pain

We leave you this Sunday morning in a snowstorm, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Videographer: Scot Miller. … [Read more...] about Nature: White Mountains of New Hampshire

Best-known for a fur-lined teacup, the Swiss artist Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985) was a free-spirit whose work spanned half a century. Correspondent Serena Altschul reports on a new retrospective of Oppenheim's work, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. … [Read more...] about Meret Oppenheim: An artist’s reinvention of herself