The facts about shark attacks
The facts about shark attacks The total of confirmed shark attacks worldwide in 2023 was nearly triple the number recorded just over 50 years ago in 1973. We know, we know – bad timing. This isn’t the news you want just a few weeks away from packing up for your summer beach vacation. Still, the […]
THE WAR TO POWER THE WORLD
THE WAR TO POWER THE WORLD It was a war between two very different people. On one side was Thomas Edison, the millionaire and prolific inventor from the U.S. who had never finished high school or attended a university. On the other was Nikola Tesla, who was born in Croatia to Serbian parents and lived on the edge of bankruptcy […]
The family that broke taboos
The family that broke taboos „The Simpsons“ first aired as a stand-alone show in 1989 and is the longest-running animated sitcom of all time. There are more than 760 episodes, with more to come in 2024 and 2025. The yellow family of five are part of a multi-billion dollar franchise that has inspired generations of […]
A walk in the Past
A Walk in the Past Large trees, benches, a playground, and a picnic table or two spread out across an area with mown green grass. None of us would be surprised to find a space like this in any town or city nowadays that was free for anyone to enjoy. But it wasn’t too long […]
A big mystery
A big mystery The pilot and her navigator were flying over the Pacific Ocean looking for the 2.6-square-kilometer Howland Island. They needed to stop there for fuel as they completed the last quarter of their nearly 47,000-kilometer flight around the globe. The pilot sent a message to a ship awaiting their arrival saying the sky […]
The real Casanova
The real Casanova Why is the word „Casanova,“ which literally means „new home“ in Italian, associated with lust and physical love? It’s because a man who lived in the 1700s named Giacamo Casanova wrote a nearly 4,000-page memoir that’s famous worldwide for its descriptions of his many sexual encounters. In 2010, France’s national library bought […]
A young physicist is re-writing history
A young physicist is re-writing history When Jess Wade isn’t „investigating spin selective charge transport through chiral systems,“ as her faculty page at world top 10 university Imperial College London says, you’ll often find her changing the face of scientific research. Or, really, faces. Wade, age 35, has a passion for diversifying STEM (science, technology, […]
Simply the breast
Simply the breast: Ruth Handler’s complicated legacy Whether it’s fond reminders of your childhood or unhealthy, unrealistic expectations of women, the name „Barbie“ makes you feel something when you hear it. „Ruth Handler“ on the other hand, probably makes you shrug. Ruth Handler is the person who created Barbie (first sold in 1959) and co-founded […]
Musk vs. Zuckerberg
Musk vs. Zuckerberg In this corner, at 52 years old with a net worth of over €230 billion, we have the founder of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla, and owner of X (formerly Twitter): Elon Musk. And in this corner, at age 39 with a net worth of over €93 billion, we present the co-founder of […]
The radiant life of Marie Curie
The radiant life of Marie Curie Driving through an active war zone to save wounded soldiers, surviving a husband killed in a tragic accident, becoming the first person to win two Nobel prizes, and being one of the most respected scientists of all time. An interesting resume, no? Come with us as we explore the […]