How Technology Is Quietly Reinventing the Safety of Heritage Buildings
Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India. Photo by Sanhitasinha. License Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Share Share Facebook…
Leo Woodall on ‘Nuremberg’ and telling a true story with respect
Rising star Leo Woodall portrays a real person for the first time in his WWII movie ‘Nuremberg.’ ‘Nuremberg’…
Sculpture in Idaho Falls pays tribute to children’s author who once lived here
IDAHO FALLS – For Marilyn Hoff Hansen, sculpting and painting is a passion that has earned her recognition…
This Day in Boxing History: Monzón’s Rise and Leonard’s Redemption
This Day in Boxing History: Monzón’s Rise and Leonard’s Redemption November 7th is a date that has twice…
How shipwrecks and ancient Roman lead help physicists search for dark matter
When a 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck was found off the Sardinian coast in 1988, it didn’t just thrill archaeologists…
This Day in Boxing History: Endurance, Redemption, and Resilience
Some dates in boxing’s long, bruised, and beautiful history carry more meaning than they’re given credit for. November…
Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book examines the impact of the 1929 Wall Street crash
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What is lead doing in protein powder?
Tegan Taylor: Are you a protein powder consumer typically, Norman? Norman Swan: No, but I’m in a household…
Brisbane State High School apologises after teaching wrong topic for Year 12 exam
One of Queensland’s top state high schools has apologised to students and parents after admitting it taught the…
Teaching on economic crises builds immunity to populism, report
In an era of growing polarisation, rising inequality, and resurgent populism, a new report argues that teaching economic…
Will the art of biography be lost when AI and algorithms control our data?
Letters, journals, private scribblings, saved memos, battered boxes bursting with faded photos and jaundiced newspaper clippings. This ephemera,…
How the star of lost silent film Jewelled Nights went from the limelight to selling sweets for cinemagoers
It has been nearly 100 years to the day that Tasmania’s remote and rugged west coast played backdrop…