First true evidence found supporting string theory
Physicists claim to have found the first true evidence supporting string theory.
Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula
‘Lord forgive me. I am quite shameless’, author playfully wrote in note weeks after horror novel published in 1897.
A 500-year-old shipwreck discovered in a desert
How diamond miners discovered a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck in the Namib Desert
Electric Aircraft Completes Cross-Country Journey
During its barnstorming, six-week tour of the U.S., Beta Technologies’ CX300 production-intent electric aircraft was greeted with wide eyes—both of excitement and confusion.
Colossal squid captured on camera for the first time
This week, scientists announced that they had captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, recorded some 1,968 feet (600 m) deep near the South Sandwich Islands.
Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature dies at 89
Peruvian writer, journalist, essayist, college professor Mario Vargas Llosa, Taormina, Italy, 27th July 1990.
When an earthquake struck, elephants formed an ‘alert circle’
When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California, humans followed the usual drill. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, CA had their own plan — circle up and stand together.
Lewis, Hemingway, & Tolkien: Three Authors of the Great War
World War I was known as a writer’s war, with much war poetry and literature we know today having originated during the conflict.