Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Orville Wright, who invented the first flying machine alongside his brother Wilbur, once said, “We could not understand that there was anything about a bird that would enable it to […]
A ceramic battery manufacturer has unveiled a solid-state battery concept that can be charged from 5% to 60% capacity in just five minutes — giving future electric vehicles (EVs) a 186-mile (300 km) range in the time it takes to
Medieval historians have often downplayed how the First Pandemic, also known as the Justinianic Plague, affected Britain. A new study is challenging this notion, and even suggests that the plague may have struck the British Isles at least twice. Rachel
Italian authorities have recovered several Etruscan antiquities stolen by tomb raiders from a burial site in central Italy. Emanuele Antonio Minerva / Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture Italian authorities have recovered several rare Estrucan artifacts from the third
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
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For nearly thirty years, the South African government held a man it initially labeled prisoner number 46664, the anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. But in 1994, Mandela transformed from the country’s ‘number one terrorist’ into its first Black president, ushering in
Francois Georges-Picot. During the First World War, the Triple Entente was faced with the very real prospect of the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. Eager to secure their interests in the Middle East, the British and the French drew up
The incoming president wants to do things his voters have not embraced. Chip Somodevilla / Getty November 22, 2024, 6:30 AM ET Members of Donald Trump’s inner circle understandably wish to interpret the election results as a mandate for the
On November 10, 2019, just before Veterans Day, Fox News aired an hour-long special, “Modern Warriors,” featuring one of its political commentators and hosts, Pete Hegseth, along with four men who had served in U.S. Special Operations units. The group
