The Big Idea: Unlocking secrets of the human body

Simply unmatched by any other life form on the planet, the human body is a complicated yet highly organized machine.

The Big Idea: On the road with autonomous cars

Driverless cars seem like they're still a far way down the road in the future, but in many ways they are already here. And what about the legal potholes they present? Fox 5 looks into this topic in the Big Idea.

The Big Idea: Virtual reality and sporting events

Adam Graves played 16 years in the National Hockey League, made one all-star team, won two Stanley Cups, tallied 616 points, and saw the New York Rangers retire his number. But he never stood between the pipes with no defensemen in front of him and tried to stop a professional slap shot.

The Big Idea: Artificial pancreas for diabetics

Alecia Wesner, has Type-1 Diabetes. "I was diagnosed in 1979 when i was six years old. That was really the dark ages of diabetes," said Wesner.

Graphic Image / GiGi New York | Made on Long Island

Graphic Image / GiGi New York on Long Island is one of a handful of companies that still manufacture locally. 

Triple berry cobbler

Chef Holly Peterson shares her recipe for 'triple cherry cobbler' from her cookbook, 'Smoke and Fire' in the Good Day Cafe.

The Big Idea: Malcolm Gladwell looks to the past

The top-selling author of some of the most groundbreaking books in a generation has launched a new podcast called "Revisionist History." Fox 5 goes inside the mind of Malcolm Gladwell in this month's Big Idea.

Life after death | Fox 5 Films

The latest Fox 5 Film is a tale of life and death and all the lessons you learn in your final days.

Good Day Cafe: lobster, fennel and mango salad

Chef Frank Maldonado of Sofrito on the Hudson prepared lobster, fennel and mango salad in the Good Day Cafe.

Food craze 'donutccino' is part donut, part coffee

The latest food craze following in the wake of the cronut and rainbow bagel appears to be the donutccino. Part donut, part coffee, the sweet treat is served only at Gossip Coffee in Astoria, Queens.

Good Day Cafe:  The Gander

Jesse Schenker, chef and owner of The Gander located on 15 W. 18th St. has a Memorial Day meal suggestion.

Melvin's Juice Box | The Sip

When it comes to juicing, there's nobody like Melvin Major Jr. Melvin is the face of Melvin's Juice Box on Houston Street. And he's been juicing for decades.

Peppercorn catfish by Num Pang

Cambodian food is all the rage especially when it's served at Num Pang restaurant in NYC.

Finding Faith: Love and relationships

Ah love. We seem obsessed with the search for it and the struggle to keep it.

Good Day Cafe: Fresco by Scotto Mother's Day recipes

The Scotto family prepared several of dishes off the Fresco by Scotto Mother's Day menu in the Good Day Cafe on Friday.

Finding Faith: Jim McGreevey's second life

New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's stunning resignation 12 years ago catapulted him into the national spotlight when he proclaimed himself a "gay American." at the time, the married governor had been backed into a corner facing a possible sexual harassment lawsuit from his homeland security adviser, Golen Cipel.

Fox 5 Films: The life and death of Robert Peace

In 1980, a young man was born to a single mother in a rough area just outside Newark, NJ. In 1998, that brilliant young man defied the odds and started his freshman year at Yale University. In 2011--five weeks shy of his 31st birthday--that man, Robert peace was shot and killed in a basement on Smith street back in Newark.

Venomous fish wildly popular at Manhattan eatery

Hot spot Spur Tree at Norman Cay's on Orchard St. in the Lower East Side isn't scaring anyone away with the venomous fish offered as an entree.