Cautious optimism in the Amazon

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Fewer trees were cut down in the Amazon rainforest this past year. Climate scientists say Brazil has done well, but deforestation is more than one nation’s problem. Marco Werman talks with Dr William Laurance of the Smithsonian Institution who has studied the Amazon for 15 years. (photo: Alex Gallafent) Download MP3

• The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution (STRI)
• Alex Gallafent’s Amazon stories (2008)

Moon artist

It’s been almost 40 years since a human first walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong made that giant leap for mankind in July 1969. 11 other men walked on the lunar surface between 1969-1972. Of that intrepid dozen, only one is an artist. Lisa Mullins talked with Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean.