APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped little offices — or maybe the pre-hippie 1960s. It’s a place where army-style buzz cuts are still in fashion, communism remains the primary enemy and the decor is dominated by American flags and portraits […]
J. Marion Sims has gone down in history as the “Father of Modern Gynecology.” Many of his medical achievements came at the cost of the health and well-being of enslaved Black women. He performed surgical experiments on enslaved Black women, often without the use of anesthesia. In 2018, after a series of protests, New York […]
Rebooting a gaming franchise can be a poisoned chalice. If it succeeds (like 2018’s God of War), it completely changes the trajectory of the series and breathes new life into old characters. If it fails (2008’s Alone in the Dark), it can tank the IP and take years for the series’ reputation to recover. Prince […]
Sometimes you spend hours at the mall and get home without any purchases. And mall owners are perfectly happy to see you leave empty-handed. That’s because you likely dropped dime on-site and are lighter of pocket as you engaged in retailtainment. “Retailtainment” is a term coined in the shopping mall industry to describe the trend […]
An estate beyond an outdoor enthusiast’s wildest dreams has landed on the real estate market in Manhattan, Montana, for $17.75 million. Gallatin Crosswaters Estate sits on 320 acres and has views that would make an artist weep with joy. But what seems to stand out most is its blend of modern and folksy architecture. “Perched […]
Ukraine currently lacks the ability to produce its own modern air defense system, something that it desperately needs to protect its citizens from Russian strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a joint press conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Vilnius on Jan. 10. Zelensky pointed to the mass strikes across Ukraine at the end […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other ancestries: It’s a genetic legacy of horseback-riding cattle herders who swept into the region about 5,000 years ago. The findings come from a huge project to compare modern DNA with that culled from ancient humans’ teeth […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there are problems with production now and Ukraine lacks modern air defenсe systems. Source: Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference with Gitanas Nausėda, Lithuanian President in Vilnius Quote: “As for what our partners and I cannot produce in the near future, are modern air defence systems. This is sorely needed. […]
If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one reaches the ground first? As you may recall from high school physics, this is a trick question. Neglecting air resistance, they both fall the same way and reach the ground at the same time – gravity means that their speeds […]