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Yesterday I was able to bear witness to an interesting event – I got to watch history being rewritten. I submit a newspaper column on Monday. Yesterday’s column was about strokes: How strokes work The opening paragraph of the story goes like this: A video made the rounds on YouTube. It shows a newscaster named [...]
Chernobyl Tourism: Not for the Faint of Heart
by Deblina Chakraborty | December 17, 2010
The Ukrainian government announced this week that they’ll open Chernobyl — the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster — to tourists next year. Would you risk a little radiation to check it out?
I have no idea why this is so interesting to me, but I will tell you the story anyway in case you might be interested too. The kids and I found this 39-year-old Coke can this weekend and the most interesting thing is what it is missing… Near our house there is a lake with [...]
It is hard to believe that YouTube is only 5 years old, but the domain name Youtube.com was first registered on February 15, 2005. Since then, Youtube has revealed several new aspects of humanity. Never before in the history of humanity has it been possible for any average person to make any random video available [...]
Nowadays chocolate is popular across the world, but it got its start thousands of years ago in Mesoamerica, where it was much more than a mere sweet or ingredient in desserts. Learn more about the history of chocolate in this podcast.
Although Herman Melville’s opus is a work of fiction, it was inspired by real-life events. In this episode, Katie and Sarah explore the story of the real-life Moby Dick — and the unfortunate vessel that encountered it in the Pacific.
When Scott and Amundsen launched rival expeditions to the South Pole, they knew that only one group could be the first to reach the pole. Each believed his strategy would prevail, but which explorer won? Tune in and learn more in this podcast.
When Egyptologists studied King Tutankhamen’s DNA, they learned some surprising things: In addition to being disabled, the king was inbred. And this is just the beginning. Learn more about the real King Tut — and where he came from — in this podcast.
Sir Roger Mortimer is known as the “greatest traitor,” but why? Sarah and Katie explore the life and times of Sir Mortimer in this episode, from his early conflicts, his successful rebellion against Edward II, and his ignominious end.
Carousel slide projectors may have been largely shuffled out of classrooms and living rooms after the dawn of the digital age, but that doesn’t mean they — and the trays of photo slides that typically accompany them — aren’t still crammed into attics across the country.
If you’re the owner of a set of photo slides, there are two main avenues you can take to preserve them: You — or a company you hire, of course — can digitize them, or, if you’re feeling industrious, you can care for the slides on your own.
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