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The First Photograph of a Human Being: A Photo Taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838

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You’ve likely heard the reason people never smile in very old photographs...

The Ambitious Engineering Behind the Golden Gate Bridge

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As many as a million people crossed the Golden Gate Bridge on...

Dozens of M.C. Escher Prints Have Been Digitized & Put Online by the Boston Public Library

2 days ago

In addition to the iconic scene in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, or appearances...

Skiing Down Mount Everest with No Oxygen: It’s a Wild Ride

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From Red Bull’s YouTube Channel: “Ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel becomes the first...

The Roman Empire’s Vast Road Network—186,000 Miles of It—Has Just Been Mapped in a New Digital Atlas

5 days ago

Everywhere you look, you can find traces of the ancient Roman civilization...

A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens

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Rings with a discreet dual purpose have been in use since before...

Discover the Oldest Book of the Americas: A Close Look at the Astronomical Maya Codex of Mexico

7 days ago

From the mighty Maya civilization, which dominated Mesoamerica for more than three...

Inside the Making of the Alien Suit: How H. R. Giger’s Dark Vision Came to Life in Ridley Scott’s Film

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In the whole of Alien, the titular entity only appears on screen...

How Marlon Brando Changed Acting: Inside a Scene from On the Waterfront

8 days ago

Marlon Brando has now been gone for more than two decades, and...