Category: HISTORY

February 16, 2016 at 4:52 pm

These 360 TB Discs Will Last for 13.8 Billion Years

These 360 TB Discs Will Last for 13.8 Billion Years

Coined as the ‘Superman memory crystal’, data is recorded via self-assembled nanostructures created in fused quartz

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January 27, 2016 at 6:48 pm

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Picture of the Day: Ta Prohm Temple, Cambodia

Ta Prohm is the modern name of the temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries

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December 22, 2015 at 4:33 pm

This Library Has an Awesome Miniature Book Collection

This Library Has an Awesome Miniature Book Collection

It’s miniature literature!

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December 14, 2015 at 5:03 pm

Picture of the Day: Mulberry Street, New York City 1900

Picture of the Day: Mulberry Street, New York City 1900

Old School Cool. Mulberry Street is a principal thoroughfare in Manhattan and often considered the heart of Manhattan’s Little Italy.

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November 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm

These are the Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

These are the Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

Long before Disney, Christopher Robin Milne, a little boy living in England, received a small stuffed bear on his first birthday.

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November 18, 2015 at 11:25 am

21 Colorized Photos from the 1920s Discovery of King Tut

21 Colorized Photos from the 1920s Discovery of King Tut

Nearly a century ago, archaeologist Howard Carter captured the world’s imagination with the discovery of the undisturbed tomb of Tutankhamun.

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November 17, 2015 at 4:31 pm

The Future Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

The Future Eagle Hunters of Mongolia

An in-depth interview with photographer and journalist Asher Svidensky about the Golden Eagle Hunters of Mongolia and the future of storytelling.

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November 14, 2015 at 11:56 am

Picture of the Day: With Paris

Picture of the Day: With Paris

Buildings around the world paid tribute to the victims of the attacks in Paris, France, projecting the colors of the French flag onto their façades.

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November 11, 2015 at 12:01 pm

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

Picture of the Day: Lest We Forget

In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row

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November 4, 2015 at 7:15 pm

100 Years Ago, Artists Were Asked to Depict the Year 2000, These Were the Results

100 Years Ago, Artists Were Asked to Depict the Year 2000, These Were the Results

“En L’An 2000” is a series of images created by Jean-Marc Côté and other French artists that imagined what life would be like in the year 2000.

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