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Picture this: a small audience is quietly ushered into a darkened room. They gasp in awe, as a brilliant night sky shines above. They wonder—as many after them will do—what trickery has made the roof ...
Paul Klee’s “Angelus Novus,” which inspired Walter Benjamin, Laurie Anderson and Wim Wenders, will go on show to commemorate ...
Gustave Eiffel and his team began construction of what was then intended to be a temporary monument, to be completed in time ...
This is volume 48 of my monthly column entitled “Black Dollars Matter.” As I point out each month, this column is generally ...
No one wants police lights flashing behind them, but if you're driving through Michigan, you may be more curious than upset ...
Bellingham’s SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention will open a new temporary exhibit to celebrate a Bellingham icon that closed last year. The new exhibit, “ Curious by Design: The Mindport Legacy ,” ...
Robert Downey Jr quit 2013's 'Gravity' over a technologically pioneering yet physically isolating camera rig invented specifically for the film.
No invention attracted and frightened humanity as much as electricity, and one of its earlier fathers, the Italian Alessandro Volta — whose invention of the electric battery in 1800 marked a turning ...
This, he says, helps to “maximise the performance of the bulbs next spring and of the grasses themselves.” Some Royal Gardens ...
Now we know that Donald Trump’s first term, his initial attempt at authoritarian primacy, was amateur hour, a fitful ...
The loss of America’s economic hegemony ...
South Africa has been at the forefront of many industries, including globally renowned inventions used worldwide. For over 100 years, South Africa has punched above its weight in the global era ...