Longfellow’s Gentle Phantoms
On December 17, 1877, Mark Twain delivered an after-dinner speech at a banquet of graybeards gathered in a Boston hotel to celebrate John Greenleaf Whittier’s seventieth...
The Body and the Border
In the summer of 1949, a platoon in the Sodom District Battalion of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) established an outpost at Nirim in the western...
‘Subtle, False and Treacherous’
Richard III was king of England for only twenty-six months (June 1483 to August 1485). Yet thanks in large part to Shakespeare’s vivid depiction of him...
This Featurette Digs Deep Into Hulu’s Marvel Series Helstrom
An unexpected boon, Helstrom is a standalone Marvel series from Hulu. If you’re curious about how it was made, this featurette has the answers. Read more…...
NHS Covid-19 App Confused the Hell Out of Users With BS Alerts About Their Area’s Risk Level
Users of the state coronavirus app in England and Wales were alarmed to see their area’s risk level fluctuate out of nowhere on Friday in what...
Haunting Hubble image depicts a region where new stars are born
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope grabbed a beautiful, haunting image of a gaseous “stellar nursery” that the space agencies published Friday. In this image we can...
Twitter rallies around #MyNameIs hashtag after a GOP Senator mocked Kamala Harris
It’s pronounced Kamala, with emphasis on the first syllable. Georgia Senator David Perdue kept things real classy as he introduced Mr. Class himself, Donald Trump, at...
More Than 1,000 CDC Officials Ask: Why Bench the CDC During a Pandemic?
In an open letter published this week, 1,044 former and current officers of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Epidemic Intelligence Service, a renowned fellowship program...
The Original Iron Man Suit Prop Had One Big Problem
Robert Downey, Jr. helped turn Iron Man from a Marvel hero who was fairly recognizable to an iconic hero and a big Hollywood draw. And he...
Nokia wins NASA contract to put a 4G network on the moon. Yes, really.
Soon, astronauts on moon missions won’t have any excuse for not answering their texts. NASA has awarded Nokia of America $14.1 million to deploy a cellular...
